News

• Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more

  11 September 2019

  France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn

• Amundi and AIIB launch $500m climate bond portfolio

  10 September 2019

  Amundi and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and are to launch a $500 million climate bond fund to accelerate climate action among the Bank’s members.

• NNIP's green bond fund passes €1bn, up from €557m last year

  10 September 2019

  NN Investment Partners' (NNIP) green bond fund has exceeded €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in assets under management (AuM)

• MSCI snaps up Carbon Delta

  09 September 2019

  MSCI has bought Carbon Delta, as the wave of consolidation among climate risk data providers continues.

• Cat bond market tested by natural disasters

  06 September 2019

  The growth of the catastrophe (cat) bond market has slowed, after being tested by a spate of cyclones and wildfires.

• Enel inks ‘world-first SDG-linked’ bond

  06 September 2019

  Enel has issued what it claims is the first bond to link its coupon to the company’s achievement of a renewable energy generation target in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• People moves: ING; Danske Bank; Columbia Threadneedle; GIZ; OPIC

  06 September 2019

  Guo steps down as VP of sustainable finance at ING

• Taxonomy moving in the right direction but still too complex, says Cicero

  06 September 2019

  The second draft of the EU’s taxonomy of climate-related economic activities is an improvement on the first draft – but still risks burdening the market with unnecessary complexity, according to Cicero Shades of Green.

• Bahamas facing $7bn Dorian loss

  05 September 2019

  The Abaco and Grand Bahama islands were the worst hit by hurricane Dorian

• Bonds round-up: Reykjavikus Energy; Bank of the Philippine Islands; The Conservation Fund... and more

  04 September 2019

  Reykjavikus Energy raises ISK2.7bn from its second green bond