Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing

    01 July 2026

    Institutional investors should find ways to address the "tension" emerging between how they manage their corporate and sovereign bond portfolios around decarbonisation, according to an influential fixed income expert.

  • New Zealand LGFA launches water-focused sustainability-linked loan programme

    01 July 2026

    The New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) has launched a pioneering sustainability-linked loan (SLL) programme focused on local government water companies.

  • AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk

    01 July 2026

    Asia is keen to take the lead on finding flexible but credible ways for the market to support data centre investment, Ahren Lester reports

  • Edentree ponders flexible sustainable bond strategies to tackle transition, EM

    30 June 2026

    Edentree Investment Management (IM) is looking at new products to tackle transition and emerging market fixed income opportunities amid an "uneasy fit" in established - but restrictive - sustainable bond strategies.

  • We don't need a 'Just Transition' bond label

    29 June 2026

    We could be reaching a turning point for integrating 'just transition' into sustainable finance - but a 'Just Transition' bond label is not needed, according to a leading thinker on the theme.

  • Erlandsson: Transition-linked bonds more impactful than use-of-proceeds equivalent

    29 June 2026

    Transition-linked bonds are more impactful than use-of-proceeds focused transition debt instruments, because they "hard-code" transition targets at issuer-level, according to an influential sustainable fixed income expert.

  • Time to move on from 'legacy' sustainability disclosure regimes

    26 June 2026

    As the UK continues to develop its forward-looking sustainability disclosure standards, a trade association has urged UK regulators to focus on "moving beyond" the "legacy" disclosure regimes already in place to cut down the number of rules.

  • 'Important' FTSE Russell, CCB 'Dim Sum' green bond index launched

    26 June 2026

    FTSE Russell and China Construction Bank (CCB) have launched a fixed income index focused on offshore 'Dim Sum' green bonds from Chinese issuers.

  • Resilience debt growth requires 'systematic' approach - and insurer involvement

    24 June 2026

    Markets should be more "systematic" in how they "match-up" adaptation and resilience debt structures with investors who directly benefit from the outcomes, in particular insurance companies.

  • Unlikely to be 'universal agreement of credibility' for transition finance

    24 June 2026

    Although the market is unlikely to ever identify a global view around assessing transition finance credibility, Schroders told an Environmental Finance event in Singapore that there is room for focusing on "uniform elements" to apply globally.