€1bn Flender ESG-linked buyout loan deal attracts 'phenomenal' demand
A €1 billion ($1.2 billion) sustainability-linked leveraged buyout (LBO) loan from German wind turbine…
Debt,Renewables
A €1 billion ($1.2 billion) sustainability-linked leveraged buyout (LBO) loan from German wind turbine…
Debt,Renewables
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The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)…
Debt,ESG,ESG Data
Debt,Green Bonds
Last year's record issuance of impact bonds is set to be repeated in 2021, presenting 'great opportunity'…
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The Bank of China transition bond was ground-breaking in its claims to align with the newly launched transition finance recommendations, reports Ahren Lester, but experts judged the transaction as failing to live up to its promise and ambition
Debt,Green Bonds
Is a transition bond label still needed now that the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles have been published?
Debt,Green Bonds
Issuance from car makers has shifted to a higher gear in recent months, and it is a sign that corporates more broadly are tapping the market, says Ahren Lester
Debt,ESG,Green Bonds
In a year thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic, Ahren Lester reports on how issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds has continued to power ahead, helped by a broadening range of issuers and more large issues.
Debt,Green Bonds
Transition finance has garnered a lot of attention, but the challenge of delineating what exactly it is remains unresolved. Three recent reports try to balance the need for the definition to be both broad enough to be inclusive, yet specific enough to protect the instruments from claims of greenwashing. Ahren Lester reports.
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The market does not have to 'reinvent the wheel' on the structure of transition bonds to support future issuers, ISS ESG tells Ahren Lester, but a clear definition of what activities demonstrate 'transition' is essential for this potentially large market to grow
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