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Transition finance brings complexity to Asia's sustainable debt market

The growing focus on transition finance is bringing complexity to sustainable finance discussions in the Asia-Pacific region, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

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Nomura's Olszowka joins Natixis for APAC role

Nomura's head of sustainable finance EMEA, Jarek Olszowka, has joined Natixis as head of green & sustainable hub for the Asia-Pacific region.

Social bonds to finance defence? 'Not yet', panellists say

The prospect of social impact bond issuance to finance investments in defence should not be seen as a viable option, according to panellists at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA conference.

"Inflection point" reached on biodiversity in bond markets

Improving data and capacity mean biodiversity within fixed income markets has hit an "exciting inflection point" but warned issuance might remain limited, Morningstar Sustainalytics told delegates at an Environmental Finance conference.

Caution urged over reliance on blue, orange bond labels

While sub-labels are helpful for "signalling" purposes, the market should "caution against" separating blue and orange bonds from the wider green bond label, delegates at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Asia 2024 conference heard.

Hungary mulling transition bond following Japan's success

Hungary is considering issuing a transition bond, after the success of Japan's trailblazing sovereign issue opened the possibility of other sovereigns adopting the label, delegates at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.

Green bond conversions are 'extreme case of lack of additionality'

The conversion of historic bonds to 'green' format is "problematic" for the market, as it represents an "extreme case" of lack of additionality, according to Nomura.

Goldman Sachs AM wants firms to tackle controversies with social bonds

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) would like to see companies use social bonds to tackle controversies in their supply chains, an executive has said.

SLBs without 1.5֯ C targets 'don't hold water'

Investors and underwriters disagree about what makes a good sustainability-linked bond, writes Madeleine Jenkins