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MDBs set to increase GSSS commitments, Sustainable Fitch claims

Apicorp returns to green bond market

Energy-focused financial institution Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) is pricing a new benchmark-sized, US dollar-denominated green bond, three years after its green bond market debut.

Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds

They are currently a niche within the sustainable bond market, but could blue bonds play a key role in turning the tide on water-themed investments, asks Genevieve Redgrave

Enel SLB target miss 'unlikely' to trigger forced selling, says Barclays

Sustainable investors are unlikely to be forced to sell Enel sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the Italian energy infrastructure firm missed a coupon-impacting target - due to the positive context in which it occurred, according to Barclays.

Bond round-up: Equitable Bank, Scotiabank, KBN ... and more

Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market

The missed target tied to more than $10 billion worth of sustainability-linked bonds from Italian energy firm Enel has been described as showing the "value" of the performance-based instrument,...

Rwanda considering sovereign SLB after development bank success

Rwanda is considering issuing a sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) after its development bank successfully issued a ground-breaking deal last year, an Environmental Finance event heard.

Austria launches ground-breaking 'green' money market instrument

Austria has launched the first sovereign 'green' money market product which is open to retail investors, with a "strong uptake" in the 'Green Bundesschatz' reported from investors already.

Europe needs more green securitisations, says head of French central bank

'Green securitisations' could be key to unlocking "several hundred billion euros a year" for the energy transition - helped by a common European issuance platform of such instruments, the head of the French central bank has said.

Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM

A 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).