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Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year
18 March 2025The 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
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'Article 9' becomes headwind for sustainable bond funds
10 March 2025Declining investor demand for 'Article 9' funds helped slow the growth of European sustainable bond fund market, reports Ahren Lester
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Sustainable bond funds assets hit record $46bn in 2024
07 March 2025Sustainable bond fund assets edged higher, to a record $46 billion in 2024. Managers are optimistic of further growth in 2025. Ahren Lester reports
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Exclusive: Franklin Templeton launches global green bond fund
09 April 2024Franklin Templeton has launched its first global dedicated green bond mutual fund, five years after it launched its debut Euro-focused green bond exchange-traded fund (ETF).
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Franklin Templeton launches two green bond ETFs
31 October 2023Franklin Templeton has launched two actively managed green bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs), four years after its ground-breaking debut green bond ETF launch.
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Euro sustainable bond funds assets set €17bn record in 2022
02 March 2023Despite unprecedented bond market conditions, Euro sustainable bond funds continued to attract substantial fresh capital from eager investors. Ahren Lester reports
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No place for deep sea mining in blue bonds, say investors
16 August 2022Blue bonds should not be issued to finance deep sea mining, said investors at Nuveen and Franklin Templeton.
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US manager launches energy transition and water scarcity fund
14 May 2019US asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-oriented fixed income fund that focuses on companies' responses to water scarcity and the transition to low-carbon energy sources.
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Franklin Templeton launches actively-managed green bond ETF
29 April 2019Franklin Templeton has launched what it claims is the first actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in EUR-denominated green bonds.