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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.

AXA IM adopts FCA 'Improver' label for fixed income duo

Investors set to demand change on BP climate stance at AGM

'Proxy voting is not dead'

This AGM season will reveal shareholders' climate resolve, writes Michael Hurley

Biodiversity among top stewardship targets for AXA IM

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has revealed that biodiversity and natural capital were among its top areas for engagement last year, narrowly behind climate change.

SLBs still have an important role to play in transition, says AXA's Coudert

Failures in the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market shouldn't always be viewed negatively, particularly when an issuer has ambitious targets, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Axa IM 'downgrades' and 'may reduce exposure to' companies that weakened climate targets

European fund management giant Axa Investment Managers has "downgraded" companies that weakened their decarbonisation targets and is considering selling some of its holdings in these companies due to perceived increased risk, a sustainability head said.

Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports