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Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity

The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.

Loan round-up: Volkswagen, Triton, Reliance, Stora Enso, Boralex ... and more

Mandatory EU GBS not the way to go - EIB

Proposals to make an EU green bond standard mandatory would be counter-productive, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)'s head of capital markets.

Eurazeo invests in activist investment app

Bond round-up: Bank of America, NTT, Flexential, Newmont, Merck, Latvia ... and more

Banking on net zero ... by 2050

The Net Zero Banking Alliance has attracted some of the world's biggest lenders. What has been achieved so far, asks Thomas Cox

Denmark to issue debut 'twin' green bond in January

Denmark has announced it will issue its debut sovereign green bond in January which will replicate the innovative 'twin bond' concept launched by Germany in 2020, as it kick-starts its green bond programme intending to raise up to NOK12 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2022.

Environmental theme 'underperformed by 31% this year'

Stocks identified as environmentally-themed underperformed the wider market by 31% this year, BNP Paribas Asset Management has said.

Row over 'dangerous' TPI benchmark

ELFA calls for ESG data scale-up across leveraged loans

The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has found that environmental, social and governance (ESG) data vendor coverage is "severely lacking" for leveraged loans and high yield bonds, compared to investment grade companies.