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  • Orange bonds receive green light in Asia

    09 July 2025

    Gender equality-focused sustainable bonds secured strong endorsement from a wide range of market participants in Asia as recognition of their key climate transition role matures. Ahren Lester writes

  • Manulife: 'We are watching the interesting SLLB instrument closely'

    30 June 2025

    The nascent Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) market is being watched closely by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) as an "interesting" way to accelerate sustainable lending...

  • Sustainable Debt Asia Conference 2025 Round-up

    27 June 2025

    The event in Singapore heard how the region is taking a practical approach to the transition, writes Ahren Lester

  • APAC investors in 'flight to basics' away from SLBs, conference hears

    26 June 2025

    From Rob Langston in Singapore

  • Asia Pacific sustainable bond growth to focus on 'smaller, untapped' markets

    25 April 2025

    S&P Global Ratings is expecting a record year for Asia Pacific sustainable bonds in 2025, but Bertrand Jabouley tells Ahren Lester the growth drivers are changing

  • SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'

    25 November 2024

    Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) which use the financial penalties for missing targets to make donations or purchase carbon credits should be looked at more closely by the market,...