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Japan hoping asset owners loosen mandates to invest in transition debt

International investors have not bought Japan's world first sovereign transition bonds at the rate the country hoped - partly because of restrictive mandates from asset owners, according to the head of Japan's Green Transformation (GX) Acceleration Agency.

GCF approves anchor investment in €3bn public-private EM green bond fund

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a €200 million ($235 million) anchor investment in a public-private emerging market (EM) green bond fund developed by the EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI).

Sustainable debt round-up: BPIfrance, Snam, Aliro Group ... and more

London 'super sewer' seals first sterling 'blue bond'

Long-standing green bond issuer Tideway London has raised £250 million ($344 million) from its debut 'blue bond,' with the 'super sewer' developer securing the first sterling-denominated bond with the closely watched label.

Aberdeen: 'Public bond markets are well-primed for climate adaptation and resilience'

Bond markets may be thinking about climate adaptation and resilience finance "all wrong" when looking for investable assets, according to Aberdeen Investments, noting that public fixed income markets are already well-equipped for investing in the theme.

Debt-for-nature swaps get guidance to support scalability, project expansion

The first 'practice standards' for the rapidly growing 'debt-for-nature' swaps has been published, which looks to introduce greater consistency in the bespoke instruments...

Pioneering Poland returns to green bond market after six-year hiatus

Poland has raised €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion) from its first green bond since 2019, nine years after the central European country became the first sovereign sustainable bond issuer.

ECB adds nature-related risk reference for first time in monetary policy strategy

The European Central Bank (ECB) has identified nature degradation alongside climate risk for the first time in its monetary policy strategy, signalling that it is a topic it is monitoring for impacts on price stability in the Eurozone.

Manulife: 'We are watching the interesting SLLB instrument closely'

The nascent Sustainability-Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) market is being watched closely by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) as an "interesting" way to accelerate sustainable lending...

'Better explanation of taxonomy differences could drive cross-border investment'

Improved descriptions of why there is difference between different sustainable finance taxonomies could supporting cross-border investment at a time when these 'green lists' are necessarily proliferating, ...