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'Dividing line' between transition and business strategies is fading fast
26 April 2024The convergence of climate transition and financial business strategies is becoming more prominent and is helping drive greater sophistication in transition planning by issuers, sustainable finance experts told an Environmental Finance event.
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Loan round-up: Vukile Property, Nexa, Blumar ... and more
25 April 2024 -
Apicorp returns to green bond market
25 April 2024Energy-focused financial institution Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) is pricing a new benchmark-sized, US dollar-denominated green bond, three years after its green bond market debut.
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Enel SLB target miss 'unlikely' to trigger forced selling, says Barclays
25 April 2024Sustainable investors are unlikely to be forced to sell Enel sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the Italian energy infrastructure firm missed a coupon-impacting target - due to the positive context in which it occurred, according to Barclays.
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Bond round-up: Equitable Bank, Scotiabank, KBN ... and more
24 April 2024 -
Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market
24 April 2024The missed target tied to more than $10 billion worth of sustainability-linked bonds from Italian energy firm Enel has been described as showing the "value" of the performance-based instrument,...
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More money market funds are Article 8, but fewer put ESG in the name
24 April 2024Nearly three-quarters of European money market funds (MMFs) are now classified as Article 8 under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR),...
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Rwanda considering sovereign SLB after development bank success
23 April 2024Rwanda is considering issuing a sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) after its development bank successfully issued a ground-breaking deal last year, an Environmental Finance event heard.
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Austria launches ground-breaking 'green' money market instrument
23 April 2024Austria has launched the first sovereign 'green' money market product which is open to retail investors, with a "strong uptake" in the 'Green Bundesschatz' reported from investors already.
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Europe needs more green securitisations, says head of French central bank
23 April 2024'Green securitisations' could be key to unlocking "several hundred billion euros a year" for the energy transition - helped by a common European issuance platform of such instruments, the head of the French central bank has said.
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Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
22 April 2024A dedicated 'transition bond' label for corporate issuers "distracts" from the forward-looking, long-term focus that transition finance requires, according to MetLife Investment Management (MetLIfe IM).
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Microfinance firm issues first social bond in Panama
22 April 2024BBVA Microfinance Foundation-owned Microserfin has raised $5 million from the first social bond in Panama as part of a planned $40 million programme.
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SEB warns of 'dire need' to tackle slowdown in sustainable bond market
22 April 2024A slowdown in growth of the sustainable bond market during the first quarter suggests it is "living off the boom years" and issuance is not where it needs to be to meet climate targets, warns SEB's Gregor Vulturius.
- Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market
- ISSB to work on biodiversity disclosures
- Nature Action 100 publishes company benchmark design
- What is the most important skill you need to succeed in sustainable finance?
- Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory
- Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
- Article 6 and CORSIA: preparing for compliance
- Decline of Article 9 funds nearing end and Article 8 continues to soar, Barclays finds
- BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners closes debut fund at $1.4bn
- Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
