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People Moves, 5 January: European Investment Bank, EdenTree, Kartesia, WesterHayes
05 January 2024 -
Union Investment and DekaBank leave German SIF
05 January 2024Union Investment and DekaBank have left the German Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG), with the former saying the national sustainable investment forum and its label had become less relevant in the face of regulation.
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Nature poses credit risk to Asian sovereigns
05 January 2024Nature-related risks such as flooding or cyclones pose a major credit risk to south and southeast Asian sovereigns, Fitch Ratings has warned.
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Loan round-up XYD Financial, Sanko Holding, Pattern Energy ... and more
04 January 2024 -
Barclays: UK 'Sustainability Improvers' fund label risks being 'catch-all'
04 January 2024The 'Sustainability Improvers' label under the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) voluntary fund labelling rules risks being a "catch-all" investment category, warned Barclays.
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New climate finance target 'to be set at next COP'
04 January 2024This year's COP needs to set an enhanced target for climate finance, a pension fund has argued, as the amount mobilised eventually needs to move from the "billions to the trillions".
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NZBA welcomes first Chinese member but suffers second bank exit
04 January 2024The Bank of East Asia (BEA) has become the first Chinese member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), but US lender Blue Ridge Bank also became only the second member to "withdraw from" the UN-convened industry group.
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UK lawmakers push for tougher financial institutions deforestation requirements
04 January 2024The UK government has been urged by a cross-party political committee to introduce mandatory reporting on deforestation and require financial institutions to carry out due diligence on their contribution to deforestation.
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Bond round-up: Austria, Chiba City ... and more
03 January 2024 -
Japfa: SLBs need to offer issuers 'more carrot than stick'
03 January 2024A ground-breaking sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuer has hit back against investor demands for larger penalties for missing targets associated with the performance-based instrument, arguing that the market needs to offer "more carrot than stick" for issuers.