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Iceland issues first sovereign gender bond
24 June 2024Iceland has raised €50 million ($53.6 million) with the world's first sovereign gender bond in a private placement with investor Franklin Templeton.
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Enel 'rewarded' by investors after landmark SLB target miss, says AFII
21 June 2024The return of Enel to the sustainability-linked bond market following its historic target miss is a "strong vote of confidence" in the instrument...
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BancoSol issues first Bolivian 'gender' bond
21 June 2024Bolivian lender BancoSol has raised BOB205.8 million ($29 million) from its first women-focused social bond, which is believed to be the first 'gender' bond issued in the South American country.
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SLBs: 2024 issuance slumps as issuer wariness grows
21 June 2024Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance in 2024 is running at around half the volume reported in 2023, with issuers - both old and new - largely eschewing market.
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UBS invests in impact and nature data firm GIST Impact
21 June 2024UBS Next, the innovation unit of the Swiss financial giant, has invested in climate, impact and nature data firm GIST Impact.
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Former Victory Hill CEO launches PE fund
20 June 2024Tower Peak Partners (TPP), a new investment firm launched by the former chief executive and founding partner of Victory Hill Capital Partners, has begun fundraising for its maiden private equity strategy.
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Aegon 'transforms' £12bn of assets with ESG and private markets push
20 June 2024Aegon has awarded mandates to BlackRock and two other fund managers as it "revolutionises" its £12 billion ($15.2 billion) Universal Balanced Collection fund.
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'Landmark' Microsoft offsetting deal demonstrates the need for scale
20 June 2024In the wake of a new 'landmark' carbon credit deal with Microsoft, BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has told Environmental Finance that investors are looking for co-benefits and why project scale is necessary for both impact and reduced costs.
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EU GBS 'not overly costly' for leading utility green bond issuers, says IEEFA
20 June 2024Major European utility sector issuers of green bonds should not find it "overly costly" to switch to issuing EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS)-compliant bonds to use the landmark legislation to demonstrate their "better management of transition risk", according to a think tank.
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Indosuez launches €70m fixed-maturity green bond fund
19 June 2024Indosuez Wealth Management has launched a €70 million ($75 million) actively managed green bond fund with a fixed maturity of 2028.