Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • Basel Committee publishes final climate-risk principles

    15 June 2022

    The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published its final set of climate-related financial risk principles for regulators,...

  • Bond round-up: NRW, Enel, Kinetik, CEB, De Volksbank ... and more

    15 June 2022
  • PCAF signs up first mainland Chinese bank

    15 June 2022
  • MEPs object to gas, nuclear inclusion in EU Taxonomy

    14 June 2022

    European politicians on two key parliamentary committees have objected to the inclusion of gas and nuclear projects in the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities,...

  • Why Enel turned to sustainability-linked bonds

    14 June 2022

    After kick-starting the sustainability-linked bond market in 2019, the Italian firm continues to drive interest in the fast-growing market. Ahren Lester reports

  • $120bn assets adopt 'ground-breaking' BlackRock proxy voting service

    13 June 2022
  • Bank of Canada encourages regulator to tighten climate disclosure rules

    13 June 2022

    The Bank of Canada has urged the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) to tighten climate risk disclosure rules or else Canadian firms will struggle to attract enough capital to finance their transition.

  • $1trn asset owner group launches equal voting campaign

    13 June 2022
  • EM sustainable bond issuance bucks global trend in 2022

    10 June 2022

    Emerging market (EM) sustainable bond issuance in the first quarter of 2022 has continued to grow strongly, according to Moody's Investors Service, in stark contrast to the overall sustainable bond market.

  • 'Strong rebound' in EM sustainable bond issuance in 2021

    10 June 2022

    Emerging market (EM) sustainable bond issuance reached record highs in 2021 after a "very strong" rebound, whilst the average 'greenium' strengthened over the course of the year.