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Low carbon projects: Global hydrogen and CCS market insights
Low carbon projects, especially those involving hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS), play a crucial role in the journey towards global decarbonization.
Launch of Capital Markets Union (CMU) technical resource
Global | Publication | December 2015
Raising finance in Europe is changing. Our online technical resource ‘Capital Markets Union’ (CMU) is a complete client guide to the legal and practical measures that fall under the umbrella of the CMU.
The European Commission’s CMU initiative aims to unify capital markets across Europe’s 28 Member States in an effort to promote growth and investment. From now through 2019, the Commission will release a series of regulations and studies affecting every area of capital markets.
CMU will affect clients across the global with business interests in the European Union, including banks, funds, insurers, pensions, infrastructure projects, SMEs, credit rating agencies and multilateral development agencies.
The following resources will be updated as the CMU project develops:
- Prospectus Regulation proposal
- Private placements
- Venture capital
- SME finance
- Crowdfunding.
- Securitisation Regulation proposal
- STS securitisation practical guide
- Securitisation – risk retention Q&A
- Solvency II recalibration
- Infrastructure funds
- Non-bank lending
- Pensions
- Retail finance.
- Regulation of financial services
- Covered bonds
- Investment funds
- Derivatives, repos and securities lending
- Cross-border finance.
Recent publications
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Understanding hydrogen in Indonesia
As a general remark, Indonesia has not, at the date of preparing this summary, issued any regulation on hydrogen production, distribution and trade. It is expected that the upcoming New and Renewable Energy Law will provide a legal framework for the exploitation and utilisation of various new energy sources, including hydrogen.
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Understanding carbon capture and storage in Indonesia
Indonesia has committed to achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2060, consistent with its obligations under the Paris Agreement. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) are central to this strategy, particularly in the upstream oil and gas sector. Leveraging an estimated 400 gigatons of geological storage capacity, Indonesia is positioning itself as a regional CCS hub in the Asia-Pacific.
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