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OSLO: Norway''s sovereign wealth fund, the world''s largest, on Thursday estimated that its Russian assets had been reduced to a tenth of their value, over the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Russia. At the end of 2021, the fund held some 27.4 billion Norwegian kroner ($3.1 billion, 2.8 billion euros) in Russian equities, or 0.2 percent of the total portfolio, it said in an annual report published on Thursday. Their value is now estimated at about 2.5 billion kroner, a figure described as "very, very uncertain", fund officials said. "It might be that they are essentially worthless," Trond Grande, the fund''s deputy head, told a press conference. Russian central bank, sovereign fund may hold $140bn in Chinese bonds In response to Russia''s invasion of Ukraine, the Norwegian government announced on Sunday that the sovereign wealth fund, which is now worth over 11 trillion kroner, would initially freeze its investments in Russia before divesting them -- a process that is likely to take time.

After initial stupefaction, financial markets embarked on a pronounced flight towards safe haven assets in the first week of March. The fall in long-term bond yields was accelerated by technical factors and an abrupt reappraisal by investors of their expectations with regard to central bank monetary policy. Faced with armed conflict on European soil, investors… Writen by Nathalie Benatia . The post Weekly investment update – A cascade of reappraisals appeared first on Investors'' Corner - The official blog of BNP Paribas Asset Management, the sustainable investor for a changing world .

Russia is now banking on the support of a small group of countries in the West such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. These supports became very clear at Wednesday’s emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Bolivia joined several dozen other countries in abstaining during a vote to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The votes also included the demand for Moscow to withdraw its troops “immediately, completely and unconditionally,” from Ukraine. Venezuela could not participate in the voting formally because the South American country has not paid its dues to the UN for several years. But CNN reports that the country almost assuredly would have voted against the resolution or abstained if given the chance. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had earlier this week spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has said multiple times that Putin has his “total support,” and had blamed the conflict to “destabilizing actions of NATO”.

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Funding of €500,000 for a west Sligo community will enable the setting up of a digital hub and business centre. Kilglass Community Council was awarded the funding under the Town and Village Scheme 2021. It will allow the creation of new digital hub and business centre in the village serving the parish of Kilglass, including Enniscrone and Culleens. Further funding of €100,000 will also allow for a digital hub in Aclare at a disused childcare facility. It will include shared office spaces, hot desk facilities, a meeting room with tele-conferencing facilities, a foyer area, kitchen, toilets and shower. The Town and Village Scheme is designed to rejuvenate small rural towns and villages throughout Ireland, under the Department of Rural & Community Development’s Rural Development Investment Programme. Welcoming the announcement, Chairperson of Kilglass Community Council, Louise McDonnell said: “This funding will be transformative for the area and will provide much needed facilities which will support the community now and for decades to come.

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Russian stocks and bonds are now “in the realms of utterly uninvestable,” the chief executive of Schroders Peter Harrison told Reuters on Thursday, as Western sanctions squeeze Russia’s economy after its invasion of Ukraine.

February was pretty volatile for Wall Street. Though the start of the month was rocky due to rising rate worries and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, investors digested those threats somewhat at the end o

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Overseas investors in Russia have tens of billions invested in the country’s stocks and bonds, according to Morningstar data.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile is selling bonds linked to its sustainability goals, thus becoming the first nation to do so. The government will sell dollar-denominated Sustainability Linked . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post Chile will become first country to sell Sustainability Linked Bonds (SLBs) appeared first on The Rio Times .

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry plans to use its National Wealth Fund (NWF) to buy state OFZ rouble bonds from the market, finance minister Anton Siluanov said late on Wednesday, as Russia tries to cope with Western sanctions after its invasion of Ukraine.

The country’s sovereign bonds erased gains made late last week as Russia intensified its attacks on major cities across the country.

Bonds have been volatile since the Ukraine invasion, but strategists say global markets are functioning as smoothly as could be expected.

The benchmark 10-year bond yield edged up to 6.81 per cent on Wednesday, the highest since February

Dealers and investors in Europe and the U.S. are rushing to stockpile the safest assets as collateral -- gumming up the financial plumbing of the biggest bond markets with echoes of disruptions wrought by the 2020 pandemic.

CARE Ratings is currently evaluating Nayara Energy’s rating/outlook revision amid global sanctions on Moscow, said three people familiar with the matter. Those bonds were rated AA with stable outlook at the time of issuances. Nayara was formerly Essar Oil.