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  • 'Probably the most beautiful bond we have ever seen'

    23 July 2024

    The Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) has argued that sovereign issuers should develop a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in twin-bond format, arguing this would "probably be the most beautiful bond we have ever seen".

  • Offset-heavy Eni SLB target 'one to watch' for 2024, says AFII

    16 July 2024

    The surprisingly high use of carbon offsets by Italian oil major Eni in its progress towards its carbon emissions target has created an interesting litmus test for issuer and investor behaviours around sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs),...

  • Almost 30% of SLBs could miss their 2024 targets, says AFII

    11 July 2024

    There have been "strong examples" of impactful sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) transactions in the market as they approach their 2024 targets, according to the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) ...

  • Enel 'rewarded' by investors after landmark SLB target miss, says AFII

    21 June 2024

    The return of Enel to the sustainability-linked bond market following its historic target miss is a "strong vote of confidence" in the instrument...

  • People Moves, 7 June: Abrdn, Savills IM, CPP IB, South Pole ... and more

    07 June 2024

  • Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market

    24 April 2024

    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,...

  • Enel SLB target miss 'to cost it $27m'

    24 October 2023

    Investors are not pricing in the expected Enel sustainability-linked bond (SLB) target miss at the end of 2023 which could trigger a coupon step-up for more than $10 billion worth of debt, according to the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).

  • Chile enhances its SLBs in latest issue, and promises more to come

    03 July 2023

    The return of Chile to the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market has been praised for the addition of a more diverse target mix - becoming the first sovereign SLB issuer to include a gender target.

  • People moves 12 May: Persefoni, Downing, GFANZ ... and more

    12 May 2023

  • AFII questions strength of ICA Gruppen green bond framework

    11 May 2023