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Swiss impact firm provides $10m credit to TBC Bank Uzbekistan

BancoSol issues first Bolivian 'gender' bond

Bolivian lender BancoSol has raised BOB205.8 million ($29 million) from its first women-focused social bond, which is believed to be the first 'gender' bond issued in the South American country.

SLBs: 2024 issuance slumps as issuer wariness grows

Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance in 2024 is running at around half the volume reported in 2023, with issuers - both old and new - largely eschewing market.

Loan round-up: FS Italiane, Epic, Philijalinna ... and more

EU GBS 'not overly costly' for leading utility green bond issuers, says IEEFA

Major European utility sector issuers of green bonds should not find it "overly costly" to switch to issuing EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds to use the landmark legislation to demonstrate their "better management of transition risk", according to a think tank.

Bond round-up: EDF, Heidelberg Materials, PostNL ... and more

Indosuez launches €70m fixed-maturity green bond fund

Indosuez Wealth Management has launched a €70 million ($75 million) actively managed green bond fund with a fixed maturity of 2028.

Heidelberg Materials raises €700m from ground-breaking green bond

GSAM backs SLBs with step-downs

A major sustainable bond investor has urged investors and asset owners to seriously consider sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) with a step-down coupon on achieving or outperforming targets, as it is a "better structure" for the performance-based instrument.

Issuers should 'use more Opex in green bonds,' says GSAM

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) said green bond issuers should look to use more operational expenditures (Opex) in their use-of-proceeds allocation to help grow the market.