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ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019
14 October 2019The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report
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Green bond comment: BIS backing signals market's maturity
02 October 2019The launch of a green bond fund by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on 16 September, marks a new milestone on the market's long march to maturity.
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A Canadian take on sustainability
26 September 2019Canada's resource-intensive economy can be a sustainability transition model for others, Tiff Macklem, chair of Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, tells Michael Hurley
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Q&A with California State Treasurer Fiona Ma
25 September 2019Ahead of the Green Bonds California conference, the Treasurer explains why green bonds are a key part of her strategy for the state's finances
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Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part two
13 September 2019In the second of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the concept of Transition Finance and its limits, and proposes a non-prescriptive framework to start thinking about transition bonds (and loans)
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Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part one
06 September 2019In the first of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the question of what transition finance is and identifies three revolutions within it
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Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight
05 September 2019The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
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Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?
04 September 2019Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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Green bond comment: August 2019 - Should a beef producer issue a sustainability bond?
08 August 2019A 'sustainable transition bond' issued by a Brazilian beef giant stuck in the craw of many sustainable investors. Peter Cripps ruminates on the issue
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ESG: fixed for good
15 July 2019ESG investing has taken time to gain a foothold in the fixed-income market. But things have changed: ESG considerations have come to the fore and they're probably here to stay, says Corinne Bendersky.