HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a…

Green Bonds

Nasdaq launches global green, social and sustainability bond platform

Nasdaq has launched an online platform to improve transparency across the green, social and sustainability…

Green Bonds

Airport operator Swedavia issues SEK1bn green bond

Swedish state-owned Swedavia has become the latest in a string of airport operators to issue a green…

Green Bonds

Green bond market on track to hit $1trn next summer, says SEB

Cumulative issuance of green bonds, since the market began in 2007, has reached $800 billion which means…

Green Bonds,Renewables

$150m green bond for oil tanker fleet in pipeline

Teekay Shuttle Tankers, a Canadian shipowner specialising in oil and gas transportation is looking to…

Green Bonds

People Moves: SSGA, UBS

State Street hires Funk

People

Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?

Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

Green Bonds

‘Sustainable’ funds investing a fraction of portfolio in EU taxonomy-eligible activities

Regular funds, in general, have a greater share of revenue from EU Taxonomy-eligible activities than…

Equity,Investors,Policy

Lombard Odier hires Kaminker

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has recruited Christopher Kaminker for the newly created role…

People

People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF

Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more

People

Annual costs for impact reporting 'typically in €10k-€25k range'

A survey of green bond issuers and investors sheds light on how they approach impact reporting, says Björn Bergstrand

Green Bonds

UK Green Finance Institute 'to boost catastrophe bonds and green mortgages'

Scaling up the catastrophe bond market and the issuance of green mortgages will be among the priorities…

ESG,Investors,Policy

People Moves: Nature Conservancy, UBS, Premier Asset Management, AP6, LuxFLAG

NGO the Nature Conservancy has announced board directors and leadership members.

People

Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

Green Bonds

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

Chemicals company signs €400m sustainability-linked RCF

Finland-based chemicals company Kemira has agreed a €400 million ($450 million) ‘sustainability-linked’…

Debt,Investors

Green bonds round-up: IBRD, Folksam Group, Electrolux, Interstate Power & Light, Pace Funding Group, EBRD

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has tapped…

Green Bonds

Green bond round-up: Danske Bank, Cassa depositi e prestiti, Kommuninvest, Teonec, NYSERDA, NY State Housing and Vasakronan

Danske Bank has become a green bond issuer for the first time, in a deal worth €500 million ($568 million).

Green Bonds

Green bond round-up: Société du Grand Paris, Duke Energy, ReNew Power, Kommuninvest, World Bank, Santa Fe

Green Bonds

Green bonds can price tighter at issuance, studies suggest

Evidence that green bonds can price tighter at issuance is mounting, according to two studies.

Green Bonds,Investors