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Climate change litigation: 11 key cases for insurers to watch

The Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) has identified the key climate change legal cases that could impact insurers and recommended measures the sector should take to address this growing trend.

Calls to include financial services in CSDDD

MEPs and NGOs urge the European legislators to include financial institutions and strengthen social requirements in its version of the Directive

SEB: US, Asia to lead 2023 sustainable debt market rebound

The labelled sustainable debt market will bounce back in 2023, to potentially set a fresh annual issuance total, helped by a strong performance from the US sustainable bond market, SEB has forecast.

Phenix Capital: 'Emerging markets still not a big presence in public equity impact funds'

Emerging markets account for less than 2% of total capital commitments from public equities-focused impact funds, an impact investment consultant has found.

CBAM must include manufactured products to avoid 'carbon leakage'

The ground-breaking carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) proposed by the EU could have the unintended consequence of creating more 'carbon leakage' due to its emphasis on basic materials rather than manufactured products, according to Scope.

BlueOrchard: blended finance needed to solve inequality, 'the greatest threat to humanity'

Impact investor BlueOrchard called for greater "cross-sector collaboration" between the public and private sectors to help tackle inequality, which it branded "the greatest threat to humanity".

Loan round-up: EPM, Vakifbank, Turkish loan spotlight, Man, Action Enfance ... and more

Liquidity is not a reason to avoid green bonds

Despite lower trading volumes, there are no additional transaction costs for green bonds investment - meaning lingering liquidity concern is no reason for investors to avoid green bonds, Axa IM's Johann Plé tells Ahren Lester

Green bond comment: If you can't do the time, don't do the crime

When sovereigns issue 'use of proceeds bonds', they really ought to follow up with impact reports, argues Peter Cripps