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European public sector issuers 'setting the standard' for the GSS bond market
20 February 2025European public sector issuers of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds have raised their game over the past four years, a report found.
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CEB lists Sterling social bond on LSE
19 February 2025The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has listed its first-ever Sterling-denominated Social Inclusion Bond (SIB) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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Don't throw the EU Taxonomy baby out with the Omnibus bathwater, says Waygood
18 February 2025The EU has been urged to keep the faith in its taxonomy of sustainable activities, as it plans to overhaul its sustainability reporting requirements.
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Don't drop 'double materiality' from the CSRD, urges EthiFinance
17 February 2025The EU should resist pressure to scrap double materiality from the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as it overhauls its sustainability reporting regime, EthiFinance has argued.
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Tweak Solvency II to make it easier to invest outside OECD, says Banque de France
11 February 2025A senior representative of the Banque de France has called for the European capital adequacy regime for insurers to be amended to allow more investment in non-OECD countries.
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We want the greenium to go away, says Amundi
06 February 2025An Amundi fixed income specialist argued that green-labelled bonds should not attract a 'greenium'.
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Ashmore plans $3bn EM impact debt fund
06 February 2025Emerging markets-focused asset manager Ashmore plans to raise $3 billion for its first impact debt fund, a conference heard.
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DNV invests in NatureAlpha
06 February 2025Data provider NatureAlpha has secured investment from DNV Ventures, the corporate venture arm of assurance and risk management firm DNV.
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'Whopping guarantees' needed to help deal with forex risk, says fund manager
05 February 2025A fund manager investing in a frontier market has issued a call to action for multilateral development banks (MDBs) to help address foreign exchange risk.
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Better data reporting could help boost emerging market ratings, says Moody's
31 January 2025Better reporting of data could help improve the creditworthiness of emerging market and developing economies (EMDE), Moody's has argued.