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  • Climate adaptation 'needs more guidance' for sustainable bonds

    17 January 2025

    Adapation-focused sustainable bonds are expected to accelerate in 2025, but Sustainable Fitch argues more guidance is needed for it to fully emerge front of stage. Ahren Lester reports

  • Japan: The case for transition bonds

    16 January 2025

    A transition bond is 'beneficial' for investors, GX Acceleration Agency's Hideki Takada tells Ahren Lester

  • 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