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Sustainability-linked loans (SLL), which were first used in 2017, offer slightly cheaper borrowing, typically around 2.5-10 basis points less, if companies meet goals such as cutting their carbon emissions or improving board diversity. These let banks strip the sustainability-linked label from the loans if targets are no longer deemed appropriate. The banks' tougher standards are discouraging some borrowers from using SLLs entirely, bankers and lawyers told Reuters. The Engie spokesman said the utility would not agree to linking an event of default to sustainability targets. "We have stated our willingness to walk away when sustainability targets were too soft," said Brittany Agostino, vice president in the environmental, social and governance group at Los Angeles-based Ares.

Persons: Toby Melville, Banks, Constance Chalchat, Pascale Forde Maurice, Elliot Beard, Simmons, Beard, I've, David Milligan, Norton Rose Fulbright, Gemma Lawrence, Pardew, Brittany Agostino, Fredrik Altmann, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Isla Binnie, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Simon Jessop, Alexander Smith Organizations: FCA, Financial, Authority, REUTERS, LONDON, BNP, Corporate, Institutional Banking, Reuters, JPMorgan, Ford Motors, SLLs, CIB's, European, Sustainable Investment Banking, Simmons, Norton Rose, Market Association, BMW, Porsche, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, North America, Asia, Los Angeles, New York

☆ S&P 500 enters correction territory to close volatile trading week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The benchmark S&P 500 index closed in correction territory on Friday, ending a week made volatile by weaker-than-expected earnings reports and strong economic data. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, marking a more than 10% drop from its most recent July peak. Amazon shares rose 6.8% on Friday after the e-commerce giant reported a beat on top-and bottom-lines for its most recent quarter. Excluding gas and food prices, the core PCE index rose 3.7% for the 12 months ended in September, its smallest year-over-year increase since May 2021. The index rose 0.3% on a monthly basis from the 0.1% rate seen in August.

Persons: Dow, Jamie Dimon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nasdaq, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Ford Motors, United Auto Workers, JPMorgan Chase, Dow, Gross, Commerce Department, Federal, Traders, The University of Michigan’s Locations: New York

The move is aimed at helping auto makers to diversify their supply chains and increase their reliance on reliable partners like Canada, Investissement Quebec CEO Guy LeBlanc said on Thursday. LeBlanc said Quebec has secured C$15 billion over the past three years and another C$15 billion is coming in the next three years. He added that the Canadian province decided to play to its strengths and develop a strategy to promote its critical mineral resources, including lithium, nickel and graphite. Over the past three years, Quebec has attracted investments from auto and battery makers such as General Motors (GM.N) POSCO (GM.N) and Ford Motors (F.N). The Canadian government has wooed investments by providing subsidies worth C$28.2 billion for auto makers such as Stellantis and Volkswagen.

Persons: Mark Blinch, Guy LeBlanc, LeBlanc, " LeBlanc, Divya Rajagopal, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Investissement, General Motors, Ford Motors, Canadian, Volkswagen, Huawei, U.S, Thomson Locations: Toronto, Quebec, Canadian, Canada, Investissement Quebec, North America, China, British Columbia

☆ Premarket stocks: Wall Street has found something else to worry about
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Retail investors are buying bank stocksTD Ameritrade released its March Investor Movement Index on Monday, which tracks what retail investors are up to. Lately, large companies have begun to change their investor relations strategies to become more retail investor friendly. “March was full of surprises, but the overall impact among TD Ameritrade retail clients when it came to exposure to the markets was neutral,” said Lorraine Gavican-Kerr, managing director at TD Ameritrade. Retail investors, meanwhile, were net sellers of Meta, NVIDIA, Advanced Micro Devises, Intel and Apple. Inflation expectations for the year ahead have increased by half a percentage point to 4.7%, the survey found.

☆ World Cup 1950: When the US beat England in the greatest sporting upset of all time
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —On one side of the pitch was a team made up some of the biggest names in world soccer. Described as a “real bunch of ragamuffins” by the author Geoffrey Douglas, the US beat a star-studded England side 1-0 at the 1950 World Cup. I mean, a plucky group of underdogs just beat what was generally universally recognized as the best team in the world,” Holroyd told CNN Sport. PA Images/ReutersAnd so when the 1950 World Cup approached, there was little national interest or coverage of the US’ participation. On the other side of the pond, hopes were sky high for a star-studded England team.

☆ Wall Street asks if Musk can manage Twitter, Tesla and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 28 (Reuters) - As the dust settles on Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout of Twitter, analysts and investors are debating one crucial question - has the billionaire entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX bitten off more than he can chew? Tesla's stock has lost nearly a third of its market value since Musk made an offer to buy Twitter in April, more than double the decline in the benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX) in the same period. Nelson is among those who believe that Musk can handle the various roles while delivering on Tesla's targets. "If anyone is capable of pulling off this juggling act in our view, you know it's Elon," he said. Tesla stock reacts to Musk's $44 bln deal to buy TwitterReporting by Nivedita Balu, Akash Sriram and Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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