The GlobalCapital Podcast
A weekly podcast from GlobalCapital, the capital markets news service based in London and New York, discussing its most interesting stories from around the world.
Every Friday, listen to lively discussion about the very latest themes, the most innovative and important bond and equity issues and syndicated loans and much more from the capital markets.
This podcast is for anyone working in - or who wants to work in - the capital markets from investment bankers, to funding and treasury officials, investors, lawyers, analysts, NGOs and lobbyists, regulators and policy makers, and analysts.
GlobalCapital has been the "voice of the markets" for over 35 years, covering bond, loan, equity and securitisation markets around the world.
We cover everything from public sector bond issuers, financial institutions, emerging markets and investment grade corporate bonds and loans to securitisation (including CLOs and ABS), regulation and market news as well as industry gossip.
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The GlobalCapital Podcast
Cry me a river: the drought that could herald misery in corporate bonds and sustainability
The Rhine, which flows through Germany's industrial heartlands, is drying up and that could spell trouble for the corporate bond market.
A number of industrial giants — investment grade bond issuers with around €66bn of debt between them — all of a sudden can no longer use the river in the ways they are used to.
They are struggling to get materials in, carry out their processes and to ship their goods out. It is the second time the river has run low in just four years. The last time it was this low was over 100 years ago.
We examine what the ramifications of this will be for the companies affected and their debt and for their suppliers and customers, but also whether this is a prime example of the true costs of failing to tackle environmental sustainability — perhaps the defining long term problem facing capital markets and society at large.