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London 'super sewer' seals first sterling 'blue bond'

Long-standing green bond issuer Tideway London has raised £250 million ($344 million) from its debut 'blue bond,' with the 'super sewer' developer securing the first sterling-denominated bond with the closely watched label.

Aberdeen: 'Public bond markets are well-primed for climate adaptation and resilience'

Bond markets may be thinking about climate adaptation and resilience finance "all wrong" when looking for investable assets, according to Aberdeen Investments, noting that public fixed income markets are already well-equipped for investing in the theme.

Debt-for-nature swaps get guidance to support scalability, project expansion

The first 'practice standards' for the rapidly growing 'debt-for-nature' swaps has been published, which looks to introduce greater consistency in the bespoke instruments...

Pioneering Poland returns to green bond market after six-year hiatus

Poland has raised €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion) from its first green bond since 2019, nine years after the central European country became the first sovereign sustainable bond issuer.

ECB adds nature-related risk reference for first time in monetary policy strategy

The European Central Bank (ECB) has identified nature degradation alongside climate risk for the first time in its monetary policy strategy, signalling that it is a topic it is monitoring for impacts on price stability in the Eurozone.

Manulife: 'We are watching the interesting SLLB instrument closely'

The nascent Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) market is being watched closely by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) as an "interesting" way to accelerate sustainable lending...

'Better explanation of taxonomy differences could drive cross-border investment'

Improved descriptions of why there is difference between different sustainable finance taxonomies could supporting cross-border investment at a time when these 'green lists' are necessarily proliferating, ...

Treat emerging market sovereigns differently in transition investments - BlackRock

BlackRock uses a different scale for assessing progress in the climate transition of emerging market sovereigns than for developed market peers for its transition debt strategies, it said.

Adverse climate scenario could see BoE bond holdings take 9% hit