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  • Nature-related sovereign issuances set to grow, Insight predicts

    24 April 2023

    Innovative nature-related sovereign issuances are set to increase, especially in emerging markets, an executive at Insight Investment has predicted.

  • Insight has classification system for SLBs

    22 July 2022

    Insight Investment classifies sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as either dark green, light green or red, using its own criteria.

  • Second UK green bond secures largest sovereign oversubscription

    22 October 2021

    The UK has issued the sovereign green bond with the longest tenor after it raised £6 billion ($8.3 billion) from its second issue, with the transaction more than 12-times oversubscribed by investors.

  • Record impact bond issuance is asset owner opportunity, says Insight

    19 January 2021

    Last year's record issuance of impact bonds is set to be repeated in 2021, presenting 'great opportunity' to incorporate positive impact objectives into asset owners' mandates, according to Insight Investment.

  • Green Bond Standard 'may lead to fewer issuances'

    18 November 2020

    The introduction of the EU's Green Bond Standard may have the unintended effect of actually reducing the rate of corporate issuances, a panel discussion at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference heard.

  • ESG reporting key to ride 'wave' of social housing investment

    27 May 2020

    M&G and Insight Investment are among organisations that have drawn up draft criteria for social housing sustainability reporting, as they suggest "we are at the early stages of what may be a wave of equity investment in affordable housing".

  • Skills shortage ‘roadblock’ in way of sustainable agriculture

    17 May 2019

    A skills shortage in the agriculture industry is acting as a roadblock to achieving the massive sustainable investment potential of the sector, says Insight Investment.