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LyondellBasell improves CDP climate score to A in 2024, strengthening ESG leadership

HOUSTON, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has improved its climate change score from A-minus to A in CDP’s 2024 assessment, placing the company in the leadership category for the second consecutive year. CDP is the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform, used by investors and stakeholders to evaluate how […]

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The Saudi CMA Approves a Set of Amendments Aimed at Facilitating the Process of Opening Investment Accounts for Foreign Investors

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) has approved a set of amendments that includes a set of facilitations related to the procedures for opening and operating investment accounts for certain categories of investors. The amendments aim to keep pace with regulatory and technological developments in the […]

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The Saudi CMA Approves a Set of Amendments Aimed at Facilitating the Process of Opening Investment Accounts for Foreign Investors

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) has approved a set of amendments that includes a set of facilitations related to the procedures for opening and operating investment accounts for certain categories of investors. The amendments aim to keep pace with regulatory and technological developments in the […]

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CGTN: A letter to inspire: Xi’s words resonate across China’s thriving film industry

CGTN published an article exploring how Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent reply to veteran film artists struck a chord across the country’s dynamic film industry. The article underscores the sector’s unwavering drive for innovation as well as its impressive blending of technology and culture. BEIJING, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In 1905, a silent, […]

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EMGA raises US$160m from AIIB for Brazil’s BTG Pactual

Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP (EMGA) announces today they have delivered another US$160m debt finance for their long-standing Brazil-based client, BTG Pactual. The US$160 million 7-year senior unsecured loan was provided by AIIB, and the transaction follows on from several prior transactions for BTG also advised by EMGA for a cumulative US$1.1bn. Sajeev Chakkalakal, Managing […]