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Ashmore Group wins scoping grant for $500m private debt strategy

Japanese reforms threaten to limit shareholder proposals, ClientEarth warns

Plans to reform Japan's Companies Act threaten to limit the ability of smaller shareholders to file shareholder proposals and harm sustainability-related stewardship, ClientEarth has warned.

Sustainable debt round-up: KfW, Unédic, CEB ... and more

Eiffel launches short-term green bond fund

Eiffel Investment Group has launched a €127 million ($149 million) sustainable bond fund focused on short-term corporate green bonds.

MTR issues largest corporate green bond in Hong Kong dollars

Hong Kong-based transport firm MTR has issued the largest corporate green bond ever issued in Hong Kong dollars, with the HKD18.8 billion ($2.4 billion) deal attracting an orderbook more than three times the size.

Using data to close the climate action gap

Alicia White, director of climate and nature solutions at Morningstar Sustainalytics, explains how the ability for investors to quantify the gap between climate ambition and real-world progress is becoming increasingly important.

Boards' 'hesitance' to engage with Japanese investors persists, GPIF says

Board members and CEOs at some Japanese companies remain "hesitant" to engage with institutional investors on topics including those relating to sustainability, according to a director at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF).

We have entered the 'age of pragmatic transition'

The conflict in the Middle East creates a headwind for the sustainable debt market, but other considerations such as the drive for energy security will help underpin its growth, Rahul Ghosh tells Peter Cripps

JP Morgan closes $57m sustainable bond ETF after three years

JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) is to shut down a $57 million short-duration green, social and sustainability bond-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), just three years after launch.

ALTÉRRA commits to KKR Global Climate Transition Strategy