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  • Euro sustainable bond funds assets set €17bn record in 2022

    02 March 2023

    Despite unprecedented bond market conditions, Euro sustainable bond funds continued to attract substantial fresh capital from eager investors. Ahren Lester reports

  • Hong Kong issues first 'tokenised' sovereign green bond

    16 February 2023

    Hong Kong has raised HKD800 million ($102 million) from its first 'tokenised' green bond, which is also believed to be the first issued by a sovereign.

  • Goldman Sachs raises $1.6bn for climate impact fund

    10 January 2023

    Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised about $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund to make direct investments in companies for positive climate impact.

  • Sustainable finance: key themes for regulation and policy in 2023

    06 January 2023

    The year ahead could be dominated by ESG-related regulation and progress on sustainability data initiatives, Michael Hurley writes

  • Goldman Sachs charged for ESG fund failures

    23 November 2022

    The asset management division of banking giant Goldman Sachs has been charged for failures to follow its own policies and procedures for the environmental, social and governance (ESG) research its teams used to make investments.

  • Six US banks to pilot Fed-led climate scenario analysis

    30 September 2022

    The US Federal Reserve has revealed that six of the largest US banks are to participate in a pilot exercise to study their ability to manage climate-related financial risks, in a significant development for the financial stability supervision framework in the world's largest economy.

  • NN IP launches debut €20m social bond fund

    18 July 2022

    NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has launched its first dedicated social bond fund, after the significant increase in social bonds since 2020 means the market had "caught up" with green bonds.