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Airport operator Swedavia issues SEK1bn green bond
10 December 2019Swedish state-owned Swedavia has become the latest in a string of airport operators to issue a green bond.
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Green bond market on track to hit $1trn next summer, says SEB
21 October 2019Cumulative issuance of green bonds, since the market began in 2007, has reached $800 billion which means "we should reach the $1 trillion market next summer," according to Christopher Flensborg, head of climate and sustainable finance at SEB.
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$150m green bond for oil tanker fleet in pipeline
02 October 2019Teekay Shuttle Tankers, a Canadian shipowner specialising in oil and gas transportation is looking to issue a $150 million green bond to fund the building of new tankers.
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People Moves: SSGA, UBS
13 September 2019State Street hires Funk
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Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?
04 September 2019Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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‘Sustainable’ funds investing a fraction of portfolio in EU taxonomy-eligible activities
30 August 2019Regular funds, in general, have a greater share of revenue from EU Taxonomy-eligible activities than funds that are marketed as sustainable, Swedish bank SEB has found.
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Lombard Odier hires Kaminker
07 August 2019Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has recruited Christopher Kaminker for the newly created role of head of sustainable investment research & strategy.
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People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF
19 July 2019Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more
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Annual costs for impact reporting 'typically in €10k-€25k range'
04 July 2019A survey of green bond issuers and investors sheds light on how they approach impact reporting, says Björn Bergstrand
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UK Green Finance Institute 'to boost catastrophe bonds and green mortgages'
02 July 2019Scaling up the catastrophe bond market and the issuance of green mortgages will be among the priorities for the UK's Green Finance Institute, which was officially launched today.