Ahren Lester

Sustainability regulation can 'force' investors away from 'niche' data providers

Sustainable finance regulations effectively "force" investors to turn to "big" data providers over more "niche" providers, an Environmental Finance event has heard.

TTMB readies 'first' domestic social bond in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Bank (TTMB) is working on a potential TTD550 million ($80 million) social bond, believed to be the first in the local capital market of the Caribbean country.

Reykjavik Energy launches green bond auction

Thames Water woes could drag UK green bond market down

Crisis at a major green bond issuer hurts lacklustre UK green bond market already struggling to attract corporate issuers, says IEEFA. Ahren Lester reports

ICMA: Sustainability-linked commercial paper 'existentially challenging - but exciting'

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) hopes its observations on the difficulties in identifying "best practice" on structuring sustainability-linked commercial paper (CP) will help focus the market on how to get the "existentially challenging" product viable at scale.

Khan Bank raises $30m from first domestic Mongolian green bond

Mongolian lender Khan Bank has completed a $30 million fundraise from the first green bond listed in the domestic Mongolian market, more than a year after securing approval for the programme.

Fidelity launches 'first' global 'blue bond' fund

Fidelity International (FIL) has launched a dedicated 'blue bond' fund to leverage the "unique position" that bond markets have to support the sustainable ocean and freshwater transition.

Statkraft hires banks for possible green bond deal

Largest NYC social bond almost six-times oversubscribed

New York City (NYC) has raised $820 million from its largest ever social bond, with the orderbook almost reaching $5 billion.

Canada raises CAD2bn from green bond tap