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Largest NYC social bond almost six-times oversubscribed
11 October 2024New York City (NYC) has raised $820 million from its largest ever social bond, with the orderbook almost reaching $5 billion.
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Canada raises CAD2bn from green bond tap
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ICMA Principles to prioritise work on transition, sustainable fintech
10 October 2024The executive committee (ExCom) of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-administered Principles has introduced financial technology (fintech) and digitalisation as a key priority for its work over the next year...
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Barclays: 'Practical' target timing factor at play in SLB issuance decline
10 October 2024Barclays argues "more practical" considerations around corporate sustainability target timelines have played a material role in the sharp sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance decline in recent years, but this headwind could become a tailwind as we approach 2025.
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Canada to re-open second green bond this week
09 October 2024Canada has announced plans to tap its second sovereign green bond this week as it looks to raise a further CAD4 billion ($2.9 billion) from its programme by the end of March.
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Sustainable debt round-up: Ontario, Fosun International ... and more
09 October 2024 -
Arab African International Bank plans $500m sustainability bond debut
09 October 2024 -
NYC readies largest social bond issuance
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IDB Invest makes record mobilisation of private capital for Chile power deal
08 October 2024IDB Invest is to invest $2.4 billion in a bid to bring greater sustainability to the Chile's energy sector, in what it has described as the "largest mobilisation of private resources ever undertaken".
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ICMA 'best practice' sustainable commercial paper guidance 'positive step' for market
08 October 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an initial "best practice" report on the growing €300 billion ($330 billion) sustainable commercial paper (CP) market, with hopes that the additional guidance can help stimulate greater interest in the instruments.
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ICE launches transition risk assessment product for 'underserved' asset classes
08 October 2024ICE has launched a data product it says will provide transition risk assessments for "underserved segments" of fixed income including mortgage-backed securities and real estate, to support reporting of financed emissions and climate stress testing.
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Metlen launches second €500m green bond
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Sustainable Debt round-up: ScotiaBank, Trafigura, True Corporation ... and more
02 October 2024
- Canada to require private companies to make climate disclosures
- Decrease in financial sector greenwashing, finds RepRisk
- Canada announces 'green and transition' taxonomy
- BlackRock to convert European equity fund to transition focus
- Embedding sustainability: a call to action for banks to operationalise
- ICMA Principles to prioritise work on transition, sustainable fintech
- Barclays: 'Practical' target timing factor at play in SLB issuance decline
- Transparency needed to avoid nature greenwashing, says Sustainable Fitch
- People Moves, 11 October: Climate Change Committee, BII, ING ... and more
- ETFs: an easy way to dive into blue investments
