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Issuers get taste for 'Wonton' green bond market

Foreign issuers are turning to the Hong Kong market for their green bond issuances amid "strong demand" for labelled sustainable bond instruments among local investors, with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Standard Chartered both debuting public 'Wonton' green bonds this month.

Orange bonds receive green light in Asia

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'

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...

Transition to be a key theme for 2023, says ANZ

High-emitting sectors will increasingly come under scrutiny amid the net-zero transition, ANZ's Stella Saris Chow tells Genevieve Redgrave

People moves 27 May: BlackRock, Just Climate, Candriam, Bridgepoint and more...