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European Defence Bonds - turning red lines into green lights?

The use-of-proceeds focused label can support a deeper market sophistication on where investor preferences and boundaries lie. Ahren Lester reports

Bpifrance raises €1bn from debut 'European Defence Bond'

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from a sustainable bond-inspired labelled 'defence bond' in a deal almost four-times oversubscribed.

Will financial institutions pile in to the voluntary carbon market?

Winners of Environmental Finance's annual Voluntary Carbon Market rankings say institutional investors can play a key role in providing the "missing middle" of finance. Genevieve Redgrave reports

BPCE issues pioneering 'European Defence Bond'

As the debate around the 'sustainable' credentials of defence investment heats up, a new sustainable bond-inspired defence bond label enters the market. Ahren Lester writes

CSRD 'gamechanger' for preparing companies for IPO, says Euronext

The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be a 'game-changer' for supporting companies that are ready for an initial public offering, Euronext has claimed.

Euronext launches data tool and biodiversity index

Amundi to launch ETF tracking Paris-aligned version of CAC40

Amundi is to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) replicating a new Paris-aligned version of France's CAC40.

Amundi launches 'first' Italian blue chip ESG ETF

Euronext launches CAC 40 futures contract

KKR's impact fund ups investment in nature-based solutions firm

KKR's impact fund has made a further investment in Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), which claims to be the largest ecological restoration company in the US,...