Ahren Lester

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).

Heidelberg Materials raises €700m from ground-breaking green bond

US IRA set to stimulate $250bn of investment this year, says Barclays

More than $70 billion has been invested in clean energy projects backed by the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the first three months of 2024, as manufacturing investments ramp up, according to Barclays.

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.

Emerging market sustainable bond investment momentum building

Investors and issuers are responding to the challenges EM sustainable bonds pose, and the tide is turning in their favour. Ahren Lester reports

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.

Loan round-up: Cromwell Property, JC International ... and more

Artesian, Carbon Collective launch $10m short-duration green bond ETF

UOB, Singapore launch SME-focused sustainability-linked finance programme