Hannon Armstrong issues $100.5m green bond

Record orderbook as Italy raises €9bn from new green bond

Italy has returned to the green bond market with a new green bond, with the €9 billion ($9.7 billion) deal securing the biggest orderbook for a green bond from the sovereign to date.

EU ESG funds told to prove their sustainable investment claims under new rules

EU funds with any ESG-related words in their name must ensure that at least 80% of their investments reflect this wording, and must exclude companies that derive a large part of their revenues from fossil fuels, under new rules confirmed today (14 May).

BNP Paribas to halt participation in oil and gas conventional bond issuance

French bank BNP Paribas has signalled that it will refrain from participating in conventional bond issues for companies in the oil and gas sector at its annual general meeting.

Norrsken holds final close at €320m for second fund

Barclays sees improvements in SLB structuring

Although sustainability-linked bond issuance is in decline, the market is taking several steps in the right direction, Charlotte Edwards tells Ahren Lester