Using debt capital markets to address Africa's challenges
Sustainable development in Africa requires a new financing approach, says Arvana Singh
Sustainable development in Africa requires a new financing approach, says Arvana Singh
Investors and underwriters disagree about what makes a good sustainability-linked bond, writes Madeleine Jenkins
Emerging markets issuers see growing value in gaining green building certifications, Michael Hurley writes
Despite headline totals dragged lower by a slowdown in the EU social bond programme, third-quarter sustainable bond issuance continued to outperform the year prior, Environmental Finance data show. Ahren Lester reports
This free-to-download report includes graphics and data from the Environmental Finance Bond Database to illustrate the main trends in the market in 2020 together with forward-looking commentary from leading market commentators
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This free-to-download report includes graphics and data from the Environmental Finance Bond Database to illustrate the main trends in the market in 2020 together with forward-looking commentary from leading market commentators
Looking back on the first three quarters of 2021 as we approach the end of the year we can see that JP Morgan was by far the largest lead manager with BNP Paribas a not too distant second while there was a tight cluster of lead managers vying for a spot in the top 5 in HSBC, BAML and CACIB. There is a significant difference between the top spot and the 15th spot, but with a lot of lead managers to breaching the top 15 there is likely to be a fair amount of movement in the bottom third of the top 15 at the end of the year.
*Data taken from bonddata.org as of 26 November 2021
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