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What makes a good corona-bond?

Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley

Green bonds provide easiest route to an ESG strategy, says Mirova

Green bonds offer investors the "easiest and most direct way" of starting an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, according to Mirova portfolio manager Bertrand Rocher.

People Moves, 6 March: DG FISMA, ResponsAbility, Carbon4 Finance

HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a year marked by rapidly accelerating diversification of the market.

Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund raises additional $50m

Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has reached a second close for its Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund, raising an additional $50 million and taking the fund's total commitments to $92 million.

Investing in the oceans

Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh

New initiative to evaluate the impact of ESG on infrastructure investing

French investment bank Natixis has partnered with academic researcher EDHECinfra to launch a three-year research initiative to examine how sustainability impacts infrastructure investing.

ANZ issues New Zealand's 'first' ESG-linked loan

New Zealand-based dairy firm Synlait says it has secured the country's first environmental, social and governance (ESG) linked loan, after it agreed a four-year $50 million deal with Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ).

Bonds round-up: Generali, EBRD, NIB, PostNL, and more ...

Generali issues first green bond from a European insurance company

Natixis applies green weighting mechanism for CIB

Natixis has begun to apply a 'green weighting factor' (GWF) to its Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) arm to weight its investments based on their climate impact.