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Green Bond Principles tightens 'key' recommendations to reflect market best practice
10 June 2021Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports
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Emerging market sustainable bonds deliver 'more impact'
26 April 2021Despite the misconception, market experts explained that emerging market sustainable bonds can deliver more impact for investors than developed market paper. Ahren Lester reports
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EM green bond issuance forecast to cross $100bn in 2023
20 April 2021Emerging market (EM) green bond issuance is expected to jump to more than $100 billion by 2023 from $40 billion in 2020, according to a report from Amundi and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), amid "highly supportive" market fundamentals.
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HSBC, IFC 'real economy' emerging market green bond fund raises $538m
18 March 2021A green bond fund launched by HSBC Global Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation targeting 'real economy' issuers in emerging markets has raised more than $530 million from ten investors at its final close.
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Sustainable bond pricing perk 'not enough' for emerging market issuers
12 March 2021A webinar organised by Environmental Finance and the IFC heard from emerging market issuers of green, social and sustainability bonds about their experiences. Ahren Lester reports
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Pakistan explores issuing first sovereign 'nature performance bond'
26 February 2021Pakistan could become the first sovereign to issue a nature performance bond, it has been revealed.
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IFC tightens coal phase-out conditions on financial clients
22 September 2020The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has strengthened its approach to thermal coal investment exposure among its financial institution clients, announcing it will not make equity investments in firms that do not have a phase-out plan in place.
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QBE impact investments pass $900m
17 September 2020QBE has almost reached its goal of $1 billion in impact investments by next year, using its Premiums4Good programme.
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IFC says 'impact' portfolio outperformed by 15% since 1961
03 September 2020The International Finance Corporation (IFC) says a first-of-its-kind study on the performance of every equity impact investment it has ever made shows the entire portfolio delivered 15% higher returns than comparable, non-impact investments.
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'Blue bonds' could finance fish stock recovery
24 August 2020Planet Tracker has proposed a 'blue bond' could be used to finance the replenishment of fish stocks by subsidising fishing firms to reduce capacity to allow population recovery.