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Elizabeth Wallace (Ontario Financing Authority) @ Sustainable Debt Americas 2024

Elizabeth Wallace, Senior Manager Funding, Capital Markets Division at Ontario Financing Authority, shares her views on Ontario's sustainable bond funding program.

When will GSAM, Jupiter and Gresham House sign up to the TNFD?

Jupiter Asset Management is considering becoming an adopter of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative, one of its sustainability managers has said.

Fidelity launches 'first' global 'blue bond' fund

Fidelity International (FIL) has launched a dedicated 'blue bond' fund to leverage the "unique position" that bond markets have to support the sustainable ocean and freshwater transition.

Stafford to accelerate carbon sequestering through greenfield strategy

Stafford Capital Partners' newly launched carbon strategy will accelerate the sequestering of carbon from the investor's assets in the next year, Environmental Finance has learned.

Commercial viability holding back Asian nature investments, says CDP

The commercial viability of investments in nature-based solutions across Asia is holding investors back, CDP has found, as it calls on financial institutions to set nature targets and blueprints.

Largest NYC social bond almost six-times oversubscribed

New York City (NYC) has raised $820 million from its largest ever social bond, with the orderbook almost reaching $5 billion.

BlackRock to convert European equity fund to transition focus

BlackRock has announced plans to rebrand and change the investment policy and objectives of its €345.9 million ($378.7 million) European Focus Fund and will rename it as the European Equity Transition Fund.

Investors still some way behind on nature, says Jupiter's Wallace

Investors should be allocating more of their portfolios to natural capital solutions but need more nature-related disclosure from companies to accurately assess risk, says Jupiter Asset Management's Jon Wallace.

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Transparency needed to avoid nature greenwashing, says Sustainable Fitch

More transparency is needed on how companies are assessing the materiality of nature risks and substantiating claims, Sustainable Fitch has said, as more firms include nature metrics in their reporting.