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  • Border to Coast raises £1.2bn for private markets climate portfolio

    15 May 2024

    Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has raised £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) for a second private markets climate portfolio.

  • Difference between sustainable bonds, sukuk are 'quite minimal'

    15 May 2024

    The overall differences between sustainable sukuk and bond instruments are "quite minimal," according to experts - but recently published guidance remains a work-in-progress for building confidence in the market for issuers and investors.

  • Record orderbook as Italy raises €9bn from new green bond

    14 May 2024

    Italy has returned to the green bond market with a new green bond, with the €9 billion ($9.7 billion) deal securing the biggest orderbook for a green bond from the sovereign to date.

  • EU ESG funds told to prove their sustainable investment claims under new rules

    14 May 2024

    EU funds with any ESG-related words in their name must ensure that at least 80% of their investments reflect this wording, and must exclude companies that derive a large part of their revenues from fossil fuels, under new rules confirmed today (14 May).

  • BNP Paribas to halt participation in oil and gas conventional bond issuance

    14 May 2024

    French bank BNP Paribas has signalled that it will refrain from participating in conventional bond issues for companies in the oil and gas sector at its annual general meeting.

  • Norrsken holds final close at €320m for second fund

    14 May 2024
  • Barclays sees improvements in SLB structuring

    14 May 2024

    Although sustainability-linked bond issuance is in decline, the market is taking several steps in the right direction, Charlotte Edwards tells Ahren Lester

  • AIGCC report helps investors manage nature-related risks

    14 May 2024

    The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) has published its report on how investors can effectively manage nature-related risks.

  • 'Greenflation' likely in near-term, says Pictet-IIF research

    14 May 2024

    "Considerable economic disruption" from policies to support the transition to net zero is likely, feeding inflation in the near term and raising the risk of stranded assets and asset bubbles, according to research by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

  • Klaveness Combination raises NOK300m from SLB tap

    14 May 2024