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S&P adds ESG sections in credit rating reports
01 February 2019S&P Global Ratings has started to include a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) section in credit rating reports for companies.
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People Moves: Columbia Threadneedle, Natixis, NBIM, BMO Capital Markets, Hong Kong Green Finance Association, FRC, Pattern Energy and NextEra Energy Partners
04 January 2019Columbia Threadneedle boosts responsible investment team
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Sustainability bond issuance will surge to $220bn in 2019, says BBVA
02 January 2019Global issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds will grow by almost one-third, to $220 billion in 2019, compared with the total for last year, BBVA has predicted.
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Securitised bank loans key to solving climate crisis, G20 told
12 December 2018Sustainable securitised bank loans should become the primary source of financing for sustainable infrastructure projects, according to a study group set up to advise the G20.
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S&P to withdraw green evaluation from Mexico City airport bonds
10 December 2018The $6 billion programme of green bonds to finance construction of Mexico City's new international airport is to have its green evaluation report from S&P "removed from public circulation" no later than 31 January 2019.
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Climate change increases cost of debt for developing countries
06 August 2018The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
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Will TCFD boost demand for weather hedging?
30 July 2018Growing pressure on companies and investors to disclose the potential impact of climate-change could lead to more use of weather risk management contracts, some analysts believe. Graham Cooper reports
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Lessons from the Nordics
19 July 2018The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn
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S&P expects 'significant' growth of green covered bond issues
29 June 2018S&P Global Ratings sees a "significant" growth potential for the fledgling green covered bond market.
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ESG factors increasingly relevant for fixed income investors
27 June 2018Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are clearly relevant and material for fixed income investors, according to panellists at Environmental Finance's Fixed Income & ESG conference in London.