Archive

  • Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more

    11 September 2019

    France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn

  • Amundi and AIIB launch $500m climate bond portfolio

    10 September 2019

    Amundi and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and are to launch a $500 million climate bond fund to accelerate climate action among the Bank’s members.

  • NNIP's green bond fund passes €1bn, up from €557m last year

    10 September 2019

    NN Investment Partners' (NNIP) green bond fund has exceeded €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in assets under management (AuM)

  • MSCI snaps up Carbon Delta

    09 September 2019

    MSCI has bought Carbon Delta, as the wave of consolidation among climate risk data providers continues.

  • Cat bond market tested by natural disasters

    06 September 2019

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

  • Enel inks ‘world-first SDG-linked’ bond

    06 September 2019

    Enel has issued what it claims is the first bond to link its coupon to the company’s achievement of a renewable energy generation target in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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

    06 September 2019

    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

  • People moves: ING; Danske Bank; Columbia Threadneedle; GIZ; OPIC

    06 September 2019

    Guo steps down as VP of sustainable finance at ING

  • Taxonomy moving in the right direction but still too complex, says Cicero

    06 September 2019

    The second draft of the EU’s taxonomy of climate-related economic activities is an improvement on the first draft – but still risks burdening the market with unnecessary complexity, according to Cicero Shades of Green.

  • Bahamas facing $7bn Dorian loss

    05 September 2019

    The Abaco and Grand Bahama islands were the worst hit by hurricane Dorian