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ESG will increasingly influence insurers' risk management strategies

Lack of standardisation, regulatory pressure and greater physical risks all pose challenges, says Fitch

Fitch forecasts rise of 'natural disaster clause' bonds

Asian companies failing to manage physical climate risk, say Amundi, AIIB

Asian companies and issuers are failing to take action on physical climate risk, despite suffering disproportionately from its impacts, a report has revealed.

SLB step-ups have almost no correlation with credit quality - Fitch

Sustainable Fitch has found "almost no correlation" between an issuer's credit rating and the typical coupon step-up for sustainability-linked bonds as it recommended greater variation to account for an issuer's credit profile or sustainability ambitions.

Sustainable Fitch issues 1,000 impact-focussed ESG ratings

Sustainable Fitch has launched ESG ratings of more than 1,000 green, social and sustainable (GSS) bonds.

Fitch launches 'first' extensive leveraged finance ESG scores

Chinese firms 'must improve ESG' in APAC listing pivot from US

Chinese companies delisting from the US may need to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach if they wish to shift their secondary listing to Hong Kong or Singapore...

China green bond principles 'important' but imperfect

Publication of the China GBPs has potential wide-ranging implications for the green bond market, but they remain a work in progress. Ahren Lester reports

Half of European ESG leveraged loans have 'weak' target promises

Half of all European leveraged loans proposed in the second quarter of 2022 had "weak" environmental, social and governance (ESG) provisions in which they commit to set targets at a future date, according to Fitch Ratings-owned Covenant Review.

'Sustainable' issuances could grow to be 15% of sukuk market, says Fitch

Sustainable sukuk are expected to represent 5% of the total sukuk market within five years - and could reach 15% over the "medium term", according to Fitch Ratings.