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Indosuez launches €70m fixed-maturity green bond fund

Indosuez Wealth Management has launched a €70 million ($75 million) actively managed green bond fund with a fixed maturity of 2028.

EU Green Bond Standard is 'quite tricky' - especially for sovereigns, says CA-CIB

Issuing green bonds using the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) is "quite tricky" and is unlikely to see a lot of issuance except among a "handful" of issuers in the near term, according to Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB).

GSAM backs SLBs with step-downs

A major sustainable bond investor has urged investors and asset owners to seriously consider sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) with a step-down coupon on achieving or outperforming targets, as it is a "better structure" for the performance-based instrument.

Issuers should 'use more Opex in green bonds,' says GSAM

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) said green bond issuers should look to use more operational expenditures (Opex) in their use-of-proceeds allocation to help grow the market.

Qatar Central Bank publishes 'important' financial sector sustainability strategy

The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has published its sustainability strategy for the financial sector, which includes plans to develop a sustainable taxonomy and guidelines for sustainable debt instruments - including sukuk.

Bond round-up: Germany, A2A, KPN ... and more

'Orange bonds will have their day,' says Fidelity

Fidelity International (FIL) said 'orange' social bonds focused on financing gender equality finance are "currently uninvestible," but the $800 billion asset manager is looking closely into them and believes their "will have their day" in the sustainable fixed income market.

Issuers must be encouraged to kick-start blue bond market, says Fidelity

Fidelity International (FIL) said "obvious" marine and water-focused issuers must be encouraged by investors to enter the blue bond market to energise the market, adding that 'blue' projects exist but are not grouped together enough.

Credit Agricole CIB 'strives to engage every client on SLLs'

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB) said the French lender "almost systematically" uses the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) structure within its client discussions, but has seen a "divergence" in ambition between Europe and Asia.

QTC: 'More time and effort' needed on climate adaptation investment

Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) said more work is needed on defining climate adaptation investments to drive sustainable finance to this critical and impactful part of the market.