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'Plenty of opportunity for us to show what good nature investments look like'
26 March 2024Bregal's new nature strategy targets coffee and cocoa decarbonisation with a new nature strategy. Jennifer Forrest reports
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Iceland: 'It is likely we will be a regular sustainable bond issuer'
20 March 2024Strong response to long-awaited inaugural green bond opens door to more issuance from the Nordic sovereign. Ahren Lester reports
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Green bond funds swing back to black in 2023
13 March 20242023 saw the growing sustainable bond fund market make positive returns after a torrid two years, with forecasts of another strong year to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Biodiversity funds 'still struggling to convince investors'
04 March 2024Greater reporting on nature could increase flows into listed equity impact strategies, fund managers told Genevieve Redgrave.
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Sustainable bond fund assets hit $41bn record
01 March 2024Investor appetite for sustainable bond funds has sent the market to record highs in 2023, with expectations of more to come in 2024. Ahren Lester reports
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Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023
29 February 2024The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.
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ICMA draws up a 'Common Ground Taxonomy' for transition plans
26 February 2024The influential trade association wants issuer to act on transition plans before regulations arrive, and has provided a high-level tool to get the process started. Ahren Lester reports
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'Big opportunities' for US sustainable bonds in 2024
20 February 2024Although surprised by the scale of the US sustainable bond contraction in 2023, CA-CIB's Romina Reversi tells Ahren Lester that opportunities abound in 2024
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World Bank: Expect 'more and bigger' outcomes-based bonds
09 February 2024Following the Bank's recent plastic waste reduction bond, Michael Bennett tells Ahren Lester that its ambitions are growing
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ESG controversy scores are impacting bond pricing
05 February 2024Climate risk is still not efficiently being priced in bond markets, but the impact of exclusions and controversy scores give a glimpse to the future. Ahren Lester reports