Ahren Lester

Loan round-up: Syngenta, Zayo, Guess, Odinsa, Mitiska REIM ... and more

Bond round-up: CADES, KfW, UK, IDA, Georgia Power, OneMain, BTS ... and more

Sustainable bond market share in Europe drops in 2022

The share of total European bond issuance held by sustainable bonds has dropped to 14% in the first three months of 2022...

CFOs 'surprisingly committed' to hiking sustainable bond issuance, says PwC

Private sector chief financial officers (CFOs) are "surprisingly committed" to increasing their issuance of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds...

ICE launches 'nature-based' carbon credit futures contract

Half of independent Berkshire Hathaway shareholders back climate vote

Bond market 'sceptical that EU social taxonomy will see light of day'

There is widespread scepticism among bond issuers and investors that the EU social taxonomy will ever come to fruition amid the challenge of finalising even the green taxonomy, according to PriceWaterhousecoopers (PwC).

Loan round-up: Sembcorp, HKR International, Sonae Arauco ... and more

BMO GAM targets biodiversity engagement escalation

BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) said it will widen its corporate engagement on environmental and biodiversity issues in 2022 after escalating action in 2021, in particular focusing on turning commitments into action.

UK should 'issue sovereign sustainability-linked bond'

The UK government has been urged to issue a sovereign sustainability-linked bond in order to become a "global centre of sustainability-linked finance" as part of its commitment to become the world's first net zero financial centre, according to a thinktank.