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Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan
05 December 2024Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.
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LATAM Airlines signs 'milestone' sustainability-linked loan
04 December 2024LATAM Airlines has become the first South American airline to sign a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), with the Chile-based firm seeing the debut deal as the first step to further sustainable finance transactions - including sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).
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Artesian: 'Really targeting' potential blue bonds issuers
04 December 2024Alternative investment manager Artesian is "really targeting" blue bonds in the Australian sustainable bond market, but acknowledges that the market opportunity is still small.
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Japan targets SLL market integrity concerns in latest sustainable finance updates
03 December 2024The Japanese government has updated its green and sustainability-linked bond and loan guidance to better reflect the updated international market principles and try and address two "major concerns" around the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market in the country.
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Barbados signs 'blue' sustainability-linked loan in debt-for-nature swap
02 December 2024Barbados has signed a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) as part of a $300 million debt-for-nature swap which will generate interest cost savings used to finance water-related climate resilience projects in the Caribbean country.
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India sovereign green bond demand weak amid 'greenium' push
02 December 2024India rejected the majority of the bids for its latest sovereign green bond deal after investors resisted accepting a 'greenium' on the issuance.
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US investors still 'actively seeking green bonds'
29 November 2024As the US green bond market continues to struggle, investors must fix sustainable bond demand 'communication break', participants tell Ahren Lester
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Only a fifth of SLBs 'aligned' with CBI methodology
29 November 2024Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) said just 18% of all sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) issued to date are aligned with the methodology published by the influential not-for-profit.
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BNP Paribas: We need more Asian banks to issue transition bonds
28 November 2024The market needs more Asian banks to issue transition bonds, to both test investor confidence in the instrument as well as help rapidly scale access to transition finance in hard-to-abate sectors, according to BNP Paribas.
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Japan expects a 'circle of friends' to issue sovereign transition bonds soon
27 November 2024The head of the Japanese debt agency hopes a "circle of friends" will issue sovereign transition bonds in the near future, amid "many enquiries" following its ground-breaking deal earlier this year.