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Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

Environmental Finance's 13th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 3 April.

Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports

Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024

Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports

Goldman Sachs readies emerging markets green, social bond ETF launch

Sustainable bond fund universe expands to 126 in 2024

The number of specialised labelled sustainable bond funds grew by 12% in 2024, despite fund closures, Ahren Lester reports

When will GSAM, Jupiter and Gresham House sign up to the TNFD?

Jupiter Asset Management is considering becoming an adopter of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative, one of its sustainability managers has said.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management exits CA100+

GSAM backs SLBs with step-downs

A major sustainable bond investor has urged investors and asset owners to seriously consider sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) with a step-down coupon on achieving or outperforming targets, as it is a "better structure" for the performance-based instrument.

Issuers should 'use more Opex in green bonds,' says GSAM

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) said green bond issuers should look to use more operational expenditures (Opex) in their use-of-proceeds allocation to help grow the market.

Emerging market sustainable bond investment momentum building

Investors and issuers are responding to the challenges EM sustainable bonds pose, and the tide is turning in their favour. Ahren Lester reports