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Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
22 April 2024A dedicated 'transition bond' label for corporate issuers "distracts" from the forward-looking, long-term focus that transition finance requires, according to MetLife Investment Management (MetLIfe IM).
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Microfinance firm issues first social bond in Panama
22 April 2024BBVA Microfinance Foundation-owned Microserfin has raised $5 million from the first social bond in Panama as part of a planned $40 million programme.
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SEB warns of 'dire need' to tackle slowdown in sustainable bond market
22 April 2024A slowdown in growth of the sustainable bond market during the first quarter suggests it is "living off the boom years" and issuance is not where it needs to be to meet climate targets, warns SEB's Gregor Vulturius.
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Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
22 April 2024There are encouraging signs we are starting to have a more sophisticated and practical conversation about how to invest in the transition, says Peter Cripps
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Hard-to-abate 'transition' bonds can be 'green' if obsolescence risk managed
19 April 2024Bond issuances tackling hard-to-abate sectors can have their transition-focused bonds judged as green bonds if they manage "obsolescence risk," a sustainable bond investor told an Environmental Finance event.
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TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
19 April 2024French oil supermajor TotalEnergies told Environmental Finance it has paused plans to only issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the market for the performance-based instrument did not "develop as anticipated" - especially in the US.
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'Huge opportunity' for private transition credit growth, says HSBC
19 April 2024There is a "huge opportunity" for private credit markets to provide transition finance, in particular direct lending through sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), said HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM).
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Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says
18 April 2024A 'debt-for-nature swap' designed to provide $160 million of funding for ocean conservation projects in Gabon "still works" despite a coup led by the country's army, a prominent investor in the deal told an Environmental Finance event.
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Loan round-up: Odfjell, Gerald Group, Société de la Tour Eiffel and ... more
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Sustainable bonds 'on track' for $1bn issuance in 2024
18 April 2024Sustainable bond issuance is looking set to return to a billion-dollar market in 2024 after a record-breaking first quarter, according to Environmental Finance figures.