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'Why wouldn't you want green bonds as a core bond allocation?'

The time is right for asset managers to promote green bond funds as core allocations beyond sustainability-focused clients after significant changes in the depth and dynamics of the market, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).

LifeSight seeds AXA IM global credit transition strategy with £400m

US sustainable bond investors unsure about labelling nuclear as green

While nuclear is increasingly attracting, debates on whether it should be classed as 'green' rumble on in New York. Genevieve Redgrave reports

'We should solve our love-hate relationship with SLBs'

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) were the "right response" to overcoming transition finance challenges and delivering impact, but the market needs to address the "love-hate relationship" it has developed for the performance-focused instrument.

AXA IM's nat-cap strategy backs rewilding project, generating carbon credits

IFC looks to invest $25m in AXA IM natural capital fund

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) could invest up to $25 million in AXA Investment Managers' nature-based solutions carbon fund.

AXA adopts SDR 'Impact' label for short duration green bond fund

The green bond market has never looked better

Green bonds represent a potential opportunity for investors to gain exposure to an attractive bond market with access to the entire range of fixed income performance drivers, writes Johann Plé

What is the impact of the SDR's impact label?

The UK's regime has helped bring clarity to the impact label and could be copied by the EU, writes Jennifer Forrest

Issuance-level sustainable bond ratings can 'highlight refinancing risk'

Investors are increasingly looking at the potential for instrument-level sustainable bond ratings to help tackle the challenge of 'greenwashing' risk associated with bond and project refinancing.