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Lack of reliable data hindering investment in the Global South, says AXA

A lack of reliable data is preventing asset managers from committing to sustainable investing in the developing markets, AXA has said.

Insurers 'must embrace cat bonds to help agricultural resilience'

European insurers have been urged to adopt financial mechanisms such as catastrophe bonds to help "share" the climate risk facing the agricultural sector.

European supervisors consult on framework for ESG risks in stress testing

Adverse climate scenario could see BoE bond holdings take 9% hit

Sustainable Debt Asia Conference 2025 Round-up

The event in Singapore heard how the region is taking a practical approach to the transition, writes Ahren Lester

People Moves, 27 June: Cbus Super Fund, Osmosis, BII, Revaia

TNFD to release investment manager guidance

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is to release guidance for investment managers later this year, to help them "ask better questions on nature".

Defence 'likely' to be ineligible for sustainable bonds, says ICMA Principles

The Principles have said that defence projects are "likely" to be ineligible to be financed by sustainable bonds.

APAC investors in 'flight to basics' away from SLBs, conference hears

From Rob Langston in Singapore

ICMA Principles gives green light to 'nature bond' label

The body that lays out best practices for the sustainable bond market has issued guidelines to help scale up nature-themed bonds, and has given its blessing to the use of a 'nature bond' label.