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EGO fund buys 10 green bonds
14 May 2020The landmark Amundi emerging market green bond fund bought 10 green bonds last year, meaning it is now almost one-third towards its final goal - but had to sell notes after the fund's advisory committee declared that they should no longer be deemed 'green'.
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Nippon Life invests in IFC social bond tackling Covid-19
20 April 2020Japanese insurance company Nippon Life has bought a AUD 200 million ($126 million) social bond issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in a private placement.
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Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020
30 March 2020Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.
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Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond
20 March 2020Part of World Bank's $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic
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Equator Principles teams up with IFC to help banks manage risks
11 February 2020The Equator Principles Association (EPA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) are to collaborate in efforts to strengthen the capacity of financial institutions to manage environmental and social risk.
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A way forward for impact investing: a new set of principles
21 October 2019The IFC's Operating Principles for Impact Management will help bring greater transparency and discipline to the market, writes Hans Peter Lankes
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LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer
21 October 2019How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports
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CBI, Dubai announce push to develop green sukuk
17 September 2019The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with market authorities in Dubai to encourage the growth of the green sukuk market.
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Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more
11 September 2019France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn
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GPIF to invest in more CAB bonds to boost standardisation
02 July 2019Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is to invest in "larger amounts" of climate awareness bonds (CABs) and sustainability awareness bonds (SABs) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and help boost standardisation, an EIB spokesman said.