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Emerging market sustainable bonds deliver 'more impact'

Despite the misconception, market experts explained that emerging market sustainable bonds can deliver more impact for investors than developed market paper. Ahren Lester reports

Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

Social bond fund growth is coming - but perhaps not imminently

After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

Landmark Italian green bond ten-times oversubscribed

Italy has issued the largest ever sovereign green bond with its €8.5 billion ($10.2 billion) maiden green note, which was nearly ten times oversubscribed by investors.

HSBC named largest GSSS bond underwriter for second year

HSBC retained its position as the largest green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond market underwriter in 2020, in a year marked by the rapid acceleration in social and sustainability bonds and the arrival of further innovative bond classes.

Social surge helps 2020 sustainable bond issuance to double

After a record-breaking $600 billion sustainable bond issuance in 2020 in which diversification beyond green bonds gathered pace, expectations are high that the momentum will be carried into 2021. Ahren Lester reports

Sustainable bond market could hit $725bn in 2021, says CA-CIB

AMF study identifies weaknesses in French institutions' TCFD reports

Financial institutions continue to struggle to report decision-useful information on how their overall strategy responds to climate change, according to an analysis of French financial institutions' Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reports.

News round-up: Federal Reserve joins NGFS, BNP's energy transition fund, Poseidon Principles ... and more