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  • Sustainable Debt awards - Personality of the year: Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp

    14 April 2025

    Berlin Hyp funding and investor relations head Bodo Winkler-Viti has secured the 'Personality of the year' award at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2025 for his role as a "true pioneer" in sustainable debt markets for a decade.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA 2025 conference round-up

    03 April 2025

    As the curtain falls on the 13th annual Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA event, Ahren Lester looks back on another successful event where market participants again revealed the ambition of the market and the innovative actions being taken to deliver on its promise

  • Aussie sustainable bond market 'buoyant' despite taxonomy timidity

    02 April 2025

    Some potential issuers are holding back ahead of the launch of the Australian Taxonomy, Artesian's David Gallagher tells Ahren Lester

  • ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

    26 March 2025

    The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

  • Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

    18 March 2025

    The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports

  • 'Article 9' becomes headwind for sustainable bond funds

    10 March 2025

    Declining investor demand for 'Article 9' funds helped slow the growth of European sustainable bond fund market, reports Ahren Lester

  • Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024

    07 March 2025

    Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports

  • Unlocking local currency finance: The EBRD's SME local currency programme

    04 March 2025

    The development bank's programme is helping to strengthen financial markets, writes Thea Kokhreidze and Callum Thomas

  • Sustainable bond fund universe expands to 126 in 2024

    26 February 2025

    The number of specialised labelled sustainable bond funds grew by 12% in 2024, despite fund closures, Ahren Lester reports

  • 2025: A Year of Change for GSS Bonds

    24 February 2025

    2025 is set to be a transformative year for GSS bonds, writes Pietro Sette