Archive

  • GAM: 'Financials are the place to be within sustainability bonds'

    10 January 2025

    More than three years since GAM's Sustainable Climate Bond fund launched, Romain Miginiac tells Ahren Lester that the financial sector remains immensely attractive for both impact and returns

  • The 'phenomenal challenge' of TCFD reporting for alternative credit managers

    03 January 2025

    Climate reporting is challenging for alternative credit, but Alcentra's Vai Patel tells Ahren Lester it is an opportunity to be ambitious

  • 2025: The year of the 'transition' label?

    19 December 2024

    After another trillion dollar year for the sustainable debt market in 2024, what should we expect as we approach 2025? Ahren Lester predicts some key trends

  • US investors still 'actively seeking green bonds'

    29 November 2024

    As the US green bond market continues to struggle, investors must fix sustainable bond demand 'communication break', participants tell Ahren Lester

  • Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'

    22 November 2024

    The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports

  • Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market

    18 November 2024

    Opening the door to SLB issuers being rewarded for outperforming ambitious targets could boost issuance, Artesian's David Gallagher tells Ahren Lester.

  • Comment: Trump comeback means age of US sustainable bond 'greenwhispering' to persist

    06 November 2024

    The market for sustainable debt market in the US is set to remain sluggish in the wake of today's election result, writes Ahren Lester

  • Sustainable sukuk a 'potential accelerator' for Islamic finance industry

    23 October 2024

    Record sustainable sukuk issuance points to the catalytic potential of the market for interest in Islamic finance, S&P Global Ratings Mohamed Damak tells Ahren Lester

  • Thames Water woes could drag UK green bond market down

    16 October 2024

    Crisis at a major green bond issuer hurts lacklustre UK green bond market already struggling to attract corporate issuers, says IEEFA. Ahren Lester reports

  • Ontario: Sustainable bond market is 'lightyears' ahead of where it was 10 years ago

    09 October 2024

    The ground-breaking provincial green bond issuer reflects on the growing sophistication of the market over the past decade. Ahren Lester reports