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World Bank: Expect 'more and bigger' outcomes-based bonds
09 February 2024Following the Bank's recent plastic waste reduction bond, Michael Bennett tells Ahren Lester that its ambitions are growing
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'Sleeping' sustainability-linked leveraged loans 'need to be stamped out'
09 February 2024The unwelcome resurgence of 'sleeping sustainability-linked' leveraged loans - which are signed before key sustainability provisions are finalised - needs to be "stamped out" in 2024, according to Fitch Solutions-owned Covenant Review.
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Loan round-up: Acciona, Bruntwood SciTech, Ascend Telecom and ... more
08 February 2024 -
Hong Kong raises $750m from second 'digital' green bond
08 February 2024Hong Kong has raised more than $750 million from a multi-currency green bond, issued in digital format using blockchain technology.
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Japan confirms ground-breaking 'transition bond' debut next week
08 February 2024Japan is going to raise around JPY800 billion ($5.4 billion) from its ground-breaking debut 'climate transition' bond (CTB) next week, becoming both the sovereign to use the 'transition' bond label.
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Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Award nominations close tomorrow
08 February 2024 -
Bond round-up: IBRD, UK, CaixaBank and ... more
07 February 2024 -
$1trn, again: Record sustainable bond issuance forecast for 2024
07 February 2024Sustainable bond issuance is forecast to see $1 trillion dollar of issuance in 2024, for the first time since the record-breaking total in 2021, according to Environmental Finance Data (EF Data).
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'Pretty poor' 2023 for sustainability-linked leveraged loans
07 February 20242023 was a "pretty poor" year for European sustainability-linked leverage loan deals as borrowers and investors avoided the instrument, according to Fitch Solutions-owned Covenant Review.
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US West Coast insurers face up to $40bn in climate-related losses
07 February 2024An analysis of the investments of insurers licensed in the US West Coast has found climate change could create losses of up to $40 billion for their corporate bond portfolios.