Archive

  • People Moves 18 November: EFRAG, NBIM, IFC & more

    18 November 2022

  • Nordea issues innovative 'sustainability-linked loan' bond

    13 September 2022

    Nordic lender Nordea Bank has raised $400 million from a bond to support its sustainability-linked loan (SLL) financing activity, a transaction which one investor in the multi-tranche deal described as an "innovative and creative" way for banks to scale such lending.

  • Boom time for green bond funds

    04 March 2020

    Green bond funds reported sizeable assets growth in 2019, Ahren Lester explains, as the green bond market benefitted from rising market credibility and the arrival of ubiquitous corporate names.

  • Riksbank divestments ‘open floodgates’ to questions on climate divestment

    14 November 2019

    The Swedish Riksbank’s climate-related divestment from carbon-intensive issuers is set to ramp up the pressure on other investors who hold the bonds, demonstrating the potential influence of central banks on climate change, market observers have said.

  • Green bond funds struggle in tough 2018

    22 February 2019

    In a tough year for fixed income markets, most green bond funds lagged their benchmarks. Peter Cripps and Elena K. Johansson report

  • NIB prices inaugural blue bond

    25 January 2019

    Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has priced a "landmark" blue bond to help protect and rehabilitate the Baltic Sea.

  • The growing pains of green bond funds

    31 August 2018

    A lack of size, diversification and awareness are among the main challenges facing the fledgling green bond market, a poll of fund managers has revealed. Molly Wilson reports

  • 'World's largest' green bond fund expands by one-third

    02 March 2018

    Swedish pension provider SPP's green bond fund has grown its assets by about one third in the past year, to SEK 3.7 billion ($462 million), as it achieved its three-year track record.

  • Green bonds turn social

    01 June 2016

    With a slew of 'sustainability' bonds coming to market in recent weeks, Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at what the trend – and an imminent set of Social Bond Principles – means for the green bond market

  • Setting the standard

    30 March 2016

    As the market grows, so too does the number of companies and organisations 'defining' what is acceptable as a green bond. Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at the patchwork of offerings and how they are set to develop