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German green bond 'Greenium' widened in 2021

Persistent high demand for German sovereign green bonds last year widened the premium investors were prepared to pay for the green label,...

Chinese green loans up 33% in a year, says PBoC

Green loans in China reached 15.9 trillion yuan ($2.5 trillion) by the end of 2021, according to a new report from the People's Bank of China (PBoC).

EU Platform wants 'clarity' on its role as it presses ahead with social taxonomy

The chair of the Platform on Sustainable Finance has called for "clarity" on how the European Commission considers the expert group's advice, as controversy swirls around the Commission's inclusion of nuclear and gas in its latest proposals.

Renewable energy debt fund launched

Clean energy investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched its first debt fund.

Loan round-up: Aurubis, ESR, Europa Capital, Frasers Property ... and more

BlackRock: Oil & gas holds transition opportunity

US asset manager BlackRock says the oil and gas sector provides one of three key opportunities for investors...

Exclusive: Jupiter launches sustainable corporate bond fund

Jupiter Asset Management has launched a sustainable corporate bond fund after a record-breaking year for labelled bonds,...

Extracting higher standards from the mining sector

A $20 trillion investor initiative is driving change in the mining industry, write Madeleine Jenkins and Peter Cripps

Credit rating agencies must better disclose ESG, says SEC

Credit rating agencies need to better disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) credit analysis, warned the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

Patrizia raises €125m for new impact fund

Patrizia Global Partners has launched an impact investing fund to provide sustainable homes in around 25 European metropolitan areas, starting in Dublin, Ireland.