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Indonesia issues largest Covid-19 related bond

Indonesia has raised $4.3 billion from a long-dated bond to help fund the country's efforts to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic.

Impact funds well placed to ride out financial volatility - Hermes

EU launches consultation on updated sustainable finance strategy

The European Commission has opened a consultation on proposals for its 'renewed' sustainable finance strategy.

UN calls for investor action in coronavirus response

The UN has called for some of the world's largest investors to join efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, to respond to what it says is the greatest test since the organisation was founded, and to help "rebirth society as we know it".

Pandemics come and go, climate risk here to stay, Swiss Re warns

Financial markets must not lose sight of the threat from global warming in the frenzy around the Covid-19 pandemic, Swiss Re has warned.

Bond round-up: French sovereign tap; More Covid-19 bonds; Schiphol, Iberdrola ... and more

Cat modelling awakens to climate change risk

Responsibility for understanding the implications of climate change for insurers has largely fallen on the shoulders of the catastrophe modelling community. They are responding with a more dynamic and multi-faceted view, as Paul Walsh reports

Sovereign green bond pricing strong amid demand, says CBI

A handful of sovereign green bonds have attracted a 'greenium', research by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has found.

BMO hails success of engagement strategy

BMO Global Asset Management's engagement with more than 5,500 companies over the past two decades has contributed to over 3,700 "instances of change", according to CEO Kristi Mitchem.

The ESG data files, part nine: Biodiversity - the new frontier

Various initiatives from the financial sector could make this a breakthrough year for biodiversity data, ahead of a hoped-for global agreement on conservation for the next decade. Graham Cooper reports