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IPO Pipeline Gets Fillip From Investment Firm: The London Rush

The London Stock Exchange’s decade-thin listing pipeline has gotten a fillip from Ashoka WhiteOak, an emerging markets investor. At the same time, the LSE’s growth market will see one of its companies go, with asset management consulting firm MJ Hudson planning to delist after its auditor resigned earlier this year. “You win some, you lose some,” some might say. And those who want to see the glass half full might appreciate that there’s at least some movement.

Green Groups Target Japan Megabanks on Climate Action

Investor activist group Market Forces and other environmental nonprofits filed shareholder proposals with several Japanese megabanks and utilities, seeking to require them to disclose more specific plans on how they will work to meet climate targets set by the Paris Agreement.