The transaction represents the fourth successful public benchmark issuance completed by TAEF in 2025. MENA-focused The Arab Energy Fund (TAEF), formerly known as APICORP, recently delivered a $600 million long five-year issuance that was priced at SOFR +75 basis points (bps). The transaction represents the fourth successful public benchmark issuance completed by TAEF in 2025, […]
Faced with declining fertility rates and persistent gender gaps, governments have expanded policies to support working families. But sudden increases in allowable parental leave can impose wage costs on firms and negatively affect firm survival. This column examines how Austrian firms responded to a parental leave reform for which they could plan. Whether mothers could […]
A fundamental problem for sovereigns enacting climate policies is whether they can manage increasing debts as their economies suffer from adverse climate impacts. We develop stochastic debt sustainability analysis integrating a coupled climate-economy model with debt financing scenario optimisation, and stress test sovereign debt for representative countries globally under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
