Central banks should remove market neutrality, says CBI

Central banks are being recommended to remove their doctrine of market neutrality in order to tackle…

Carbon,Debt,Policy

Santander criticised for investments in Polish coal expansion

Spanish banking giant Santander has faced criticism for its investment in Polish state-run energy group…

Debt,Stranded Assets

Bonds round-up: Enel, Ireland, EBRD, IADB ... and more

Debt,Green Bonds

Enel's SDG-linked bond strategy 'doesn't mark the demise of the green bond market'

Banks and investors have dismissed claims that the green bond market faces an uncertain future following…

Debt,Green Bonds

Sustainability-linked loans 'now more popular than green loans'

Issuance of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) is outstripping that of green loans this year, according…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds

Singapore REIT secures S$200m green loan

Singapore-based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) has secured a S$200 million…

Debt

Innergex raises $125m from convertible debentures

Canadian renewable energy group Innergex has raised $125 million from an issue of convertible unsecured…

Debt,Investors,Renewables

ANZ issues New Zealand's 'first' ESG-linked loan

New Zealand-based dairy firm Synlait says it has secured the country's first environmental, social and…

Debt,ESG

Sustainability bond labels can be a case of ‘splitting hairs’

The transition bond label is unnecessary and can amount to ‘splitting hairs’ over the perceived sustainability…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds

One-third of banking sector signs Principles for Responsible Banking

A set of principles designed to hardwire sustainability into the global banking industry has been formally…

Debt,ESG,Equity,Policy

Pictet launches ESG govt debt fund

Pictet Asset Management has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) debt fund primarily…

Debt,ESG,Impact investing

Setting the benchmark for sustainable banking

The Principles for Responsible Banking are due to be launched this month. Could they be a game-changer for the sector, Michael Hurley asks

Debt,ESG,Equity,Policy

Citigroup, Shell and 3M removed from DJSI World

S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) and RobecoSAM have reviewed the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability…

Debt,ESG

Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part two

In the second of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the concept of Transition Finance and its limits, and proposes a non-prescriptive framework to start thinking about transition bonds (and loans)

Debt,Green Bonds

Growing the NY Green Bank

NY Green Bank's Alfred Griffin will deliver a keynote address at next week’s ESG in Fixed Income conference, featuring Green Bonds Americas. He tells Michael Hurley about the bank's next moves

Debt,ESG,Investors

Foresight launches A$150m fund for CBI-certified loans

Foresight hopes to raise A$150 million ($100 million) for a fund that will make loans to Australian small-scale…

Debt,Renewables

Amundi and AIIB launch $500m climate bond portfolio

Amundi and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and are to launch a $500 million climate bond…

Debt,Green Bonds

Cat bond market tested by natural disasters

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

Debt,Insurance

Enel inks ‘world-first SDG-linked’ bond

Enel has issued what it claims is the first bond to link its coupon to the company’s achievement of a…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Renewables

Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part one

In the first of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the question of what transition finance is and identifies three revolutions within it

Debt,Green Bonds