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Moody's: Methane abatement bonds have valuable role to play

Dedicated 'methane abatement' bonds remain potentially powerful impact instruments despite overlap with transition bonds, according to Moody's.

Public sector offers glimmer of hope for beleaguered SLB market

The sustainability-linked bond market is in decline, but public sector issuance may be a bright spot, Matthew Kuchtyak tells Ahren Lester

Sustainable bond diversification into adaptation and nature 'quite clear'

The growing diversification of the sustainable bond market into areas including climate adaptation- and nature-related use of proceeds has become a clear trend, ...

Moody's: Sustainable bond issuance in 2025 to 'hold steady' at $1trn

Sustainable bond issuance volumes are forecast to remain flat at around $1 trillion in 2025 amid continued growth from green bonds and an emerging market "bounce back," according to Moody's Ratings.

Sustainable bond market share declines amid 'opportunistic' issuance trend

The decline in bond market share for sustainable bond in 2024 has been primarily driven by issuers trying to get to market quickly with deals rather than waning interest in sustainable bonds, according to Moody's.

Minority of sustainability-linked loan frameworks are 'high quality,' says Moody's

Moody's said a minority of the dedicated sustainability-linked loan (SLL) frameworks it has reviewed were judged to be high quality in terms of their metrics and targets set - in stark contrast to their bond equivalents.

Moody's: 'Stark difference' in debut sustainable bond issuers entering market in 2024

There has been a "quite dramatic" decline in new issuers entering the sustainable bond market in 2024 as issuers take longer to move from formulating frameworks to executing deals ...

Moody's maintains 2024 sustainable bond forecast despite strong start

Moody's has retained its $950 billion sustainable bond issuance forecast for 2024 despite a strong start to the year amid expectations that challenging fixed income conditions will continue to be headwind for the market to reach a new record.

Sustainable bonds to top $1.35trn in 2022, says Moody's

Moody's forecasts $1trn sustainable bond issuance in 2021

Moody's ESG Solutions forecasts that green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond issuance in 2021 will reach the $1 trillion milestone...