Green bond comment, June 2019: Three reasons to be cheerful

There has been a flurry of good news from the green, social and sustainability bond market in recent months. Here are three reasons to be cheerful.

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HSBC plans emerging markets green bond fund

HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC) plans to launch a green bond fund, which targets “real economy” issuers…

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People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors

Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.

People

Green bonds from emerging markets could reach $250bn by 2021

Cumulative issuance of green bonds from emerging markets could rise to between $210 billion and $250…

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$26trn impact investment opportunity waiting to be unlocked, says IFC

Investors’ appetite for impact investing could be as high as $26 trillion globally, according to estimates…

Investors

GPIF invests in its first green bonds

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has bought its first green bonds, snapping up a $500…

ESG,Green Bonds,Investors

Winners of Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 honoured by market

The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.

Green Bonds,Investors

How the Green Climate Fund can accelerate the development of low-carbon cities

The South Korea-based fund should seek to derisk investments and explore innovative solutions such as resilience bonds, argues Alexandra Tracy

Policy

People Moves: BMO Global Asset Management, ClimateWorks Foundation, Japan's Financial Services Agency, Rockefeller Capital Management, Global Parametrics, Refinitiv, Aviva Investors, FIM Asset Management and S-Bank Wealth Management

People

Simplify SDG finance to unleash scale, says UBS

UBS has called on the financial sector and policymakers to simplify and standardise investing in the…

ESG,Investors

The 12 themes set to shape 2019

What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps

China unveils ‘game-changing’ guidelines for green investment

The publication of the first official policy guidance for Chinese investors on integrating environmental,…

ESG,Investors

The four characteristics of impact investors

A draft set of four characteristics that define impact investors has been launched, in a bid to help…

Investors

People Moves: World Bank, BNP Paribas, BlackRock

Jingdong Hua has been appointed as vice president and treasurer of the World Bank, and will start his…

People

Exchanges link with IFC to raise ESG standards in emerging markets

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative have…

ESG,Equity,Policy

Green bond funds double AuM in 12 months (Full table here)

Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34…

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Green bond round-up, 8 August 2018

SEB observes ‘considerable’ slowdown in July issuance

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Lekela seals financial close of Senegal’s first utility-scale wind farm

Renewables platform Lekela Power has reached financial close for the first ever utility-scale wind project…

Investors,Renewables

AllianzGI invests in IDB bond for Uruguayan solar plants

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has invested, on behalf of unnamed clients, in a private placement…

Debt,Green Bonds,Renewables

Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first…

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