The Bank of Japan is subtly shifting approach
The central bank is nearing the end of its yield curve control policy
Central banks
Oil and gas and renewables: virtue is starting to look like its own reward
Investments are starting to yield a reasonable return — with a lot less price volatility
Renewable energy
ECB policymakers open to another interest rate rise if needed
Minutes show central bank’s governing council recognised need to avoid ‘unwarranted loosening of financial conditions’
Central banks
Treasury clearing 101
Everything you never wanted to know about central clearing in the world’s benchmark market
Financial & markets regulation
Biden needs a ‘Goldilocks’ answer to electric vehicle subsidy question
Also in today’s newsletter, IEA urges oil and gas companies to pay up for the energy transition
Electric vehicles
OpenAI has just fused its corporate ‘kill switch’
Abandoning attempts to hold the company to account for the impact of its technology would be a tragic mistake
Artificial intelligence
The downfall of Leon Black
Plus, the fall of a powerful US bankruptcy judge and detangling the drama at OpenAI
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese-made wind farms could become a new sabotage risk
These turbines cost less than half the average price of those manufactured elsewhere
Renewable energy
Oil producers face ‘moment of truth’ over green investment, IEA warns
Sector’s clean energy spending is far below that needed to hit Paris climate goals, agency says
Shale Oil & Gas, Renewable energy
Binance’s crypto dominance under threat after loss of founder Changpeng Zhao
US compliance squeeze means new chief executive Richard Teng will be hard-pressed to keep exchange competitive
Financial & markets regulation