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Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing

Institutional investors should find ways to address the "tension" emerging between how they manage their corporate and sovereign bond portfolios around decarbonisation, according to an influential fixed income expert.

Erlandsson: Transition-linked bonds more impactful than use-of-proceeds equivalent

Transition-linked bonds are more impactful than use-of-proceeds focused transition debt instruments, because they "hard-code" transition targets at issuer-level, according to an influential sustainable fixed income expert.

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AFII founder Erlandsson to rejoin AP4

Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) founder Ulf Erlandsson will rejoin Swedish pension fund AP4, with Justine Leigh-Bell taking over as sole CEO at the sustainable fixed income think tank.

'Sovereign NDC-linked bonds are more effective than green bonds'

Issuers and investors would both benefit from a switch from green to NDC-tied sustainability-linked bonds, Ulf Erlandsson tells Ahren Lester

Australia urged to leverage new climate target in 'transition-linker' bond

Bond investors have been urged to encourage Australia to use its updated 2035 national climate target in a 'transition-linker' bond as a way to put the bond market "to work" on global climate action, according to Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).

Big bank green debt fees overtake fossil fees again, AFII finds

Syndication fees from green bonds and loans for larger banks overtook fossil deals for the first time in almost two years in Q3, according to the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII).

ECB's climate collateral policy is small change, says non-profit

Indonesia oil and gas firm urged to pioneer 'logical' methane-abatement SLB

Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina has a "logical opportunity" to issue a methane-abatement focused sustainability-linked bond (SLB) to provide an "attractive starting point" for investors to back its long-term transition.

Saudi Arabia raises €1.5bn from 'testing' debut sovereign green bond

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has issued its debut sovereign green bond with the €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) tranche the first euro-denominated sustainable bond from a Middle Eastern sovereign.