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Fitch: Sovereign sustainable bonds 'can be positive' for credit ratings

Fitch Ratings predicted the increasingly important role that sustainable bonds play in sovereign debt management could become credit positive for issuers in the future.

Fitch warns climate poses growing sovereign credit risk

Some countries are likely to default on their debts in the future due to the impact of climate change, credit agency Fitch Ratings has warned.

Fitch to use RepRisk data for its forthcoming ESG ratings

US financial company Fitch Group is partnering with Swiss data firm RepRisk on its newly launched ESG ratings arm for fixed income.

Fitch launches ESG ratings for fixed income

Fitch Group, best known as a credit rating agency, today launched an ESG ratings arm that aims to produce...

EU Green Bond Standard will struggle to become global 'gold standard', says Fitch

The EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) could struggle to become the global 'gold standard' without clearer alignment of international 'green' taxonomies

'Green' money market fund growth faces 'significant' challenges

The emergence of an entirely 'green' money market fund (MMF) is currently unfeasible due to "significant implementation challenges" around lack of sufficiently diversified investment supply, according to Fitch Ratings, despite rising demand for such instruments.

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EU green asset ratio rules will improve bank comparability despite flaws, says Fitch

Governance number one ESG factor for NBFI ratings, says Fitch

Fitch says governance is "by far the single most important ESG factor" for its ratings of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) - and governance issues are increasingly likely to be reflected in credit ratings.