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European ESG fund market to reach €9.4trn by 2027, says PwC

Assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused funds in the EU are forecast to reach €9.4 trillion ($10.2 trillion) by 2027, after PwC Luxembourg reported a jump to more than €6 trillion in 2023.

Exclusive: Franklin Templeton launches global green bond fund

Franklin Templeton has launched its first global dedicated green bond mutual fund, five years after it launched its debut Euro-focused green bond exchange-traded fund (ETF).

'All investors should push companies to issue SLBs,' says Barclays

All equity and fixed income investors should be encouraging companies to issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) at scale, according to Barclays, in a show of support for the declining instrument.

India targets 'wider' foreign investor participation in sovereign green bonds

2024 Sustainable Debt Awards winners revealed

The winners have been announced for the 2024 Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards, formerly known as the Environmental Finance Bond Awards.

BMO adds 'transition bonds', nuclear to sustainable bond framework

Canadian lender Bank of Montreal (BMO) has added nuclear power projects and transition bonds to its sustainable finance framework, in the first update since its publication in 2019.

Barclays: 18% boost to 2024 corporate sustainable bond forecast

Corporate sustainable bond issuance forecasts in developed markets in 2024 have been increased by 18% by Barclays, after a strong start driven by green and social bonds offset a steep decline in sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).

BRD secures first sustainability-linked risk transfer deal with IFC

Loan round-up: Taiwan Cement Corporation, Waste Management NZ, EPP ... and more

Many companies have no climate adaptation plans, says S&P

Just one-fifth of rated companies have a plan in place to adapt to climate change, and less than half of these plan on implementing their plans in the next decade, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.