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Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says

A 'debt-for-nature swap' designed to provide $160 million of funding for ocean conservation projects in Gabon "still works" despite a coup led by the country's army, a prominent investor in the deal told an Environmental Finance event.

Transition and good returns 'aligning more' in bond markets

The link between issuers with good transition strategies and good returns in the bond market is increasingly becoming clearer, two transition bond fund managers told an Environmental Finance event.

Jury still out on transition bond label

Banks disagree on how helpful 'transition' labels for bonds are, an Environmental Finance event heard.

BlueOrchard bags BII and NDF for second emerging markets fund

People Moves, 12 April: Eurosif, Orchard Street, Apax Partners, Barclays and ... more

Hy24 backs hydrogen rental taxi business with €200m

EU Platform snubs SLBs in its climate investment stocktake

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are set to be omitted from a stocktake of sustainable capital flows in the EU, highlighting doubts about the materiality and ambition of the targets used by the instruments.

LeapFrog leads $48m funding in Indian lender

UK risks undermining its reputation without deriving IPO benefits, NBIM warns

Proposals to lower corporate governance requirements risk undermining the UK's reputation for investor standards - and may not even help it attract new listings, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

Vanguard's Australian arm made 'misleading' ESG claims regarding bond fund, court rules

Vanguard's Australian arm broke the law by "making misleading claims about certain ESG exclusionary screens" applied to investments in a bond index fund, the Australian Federal Court has ruled in a landmark case.