Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • There is a 'good' and 'bad' greenium, says Banque de France

    25 February 2022

    The Banque de France (BdF) said that there is a 'good' and 'bad' greenium attached to green bonds, and it is happy that currently the 'bad' greenium is "not that big".

  • BIS launches Asian green bond fund

    25 February 2022

    The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched an Asian green bond fund for central banks, taking its total green bond fund assets under management to $3.5 billion.

  • ESG in Fixed Income 2022 conference series kicks off

    24 February 2022

    The four-part Environmental Finance ESG in Fixed Income conference series will kick-off today with its 'Global' one-day event...

  • Loan round-up: Actis, Lendlease, Seaspan, Metlifecare ... and more

    24 February 2022

  • Bond round-up: Verizon, Deutsche Bank, Amgen, Hungary, iA Financial ... and more

    23 February 2022

  • Green label helps Hungary issue longer-dated debt

    23 February 2022

    Hungary has raised JPY59 billion ($514 million) from its second 'samurai' sovereign green bond, with the green label helping it to attract investors to longer duration paper.

  • Chile prepares ground-breaking sovereign sustainability-linked bond

    23 February 2022

    Chile is preparing to issue a ground-breaking debut sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in "coming weeks" after publishing its framework.

  • Allianz to reject European executive pay policies without ESG metrics

    23 February 2022

    Allianz Global Investors will vote against executive pay policies at large European firms in 2023 if they are not tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics.

  • Brunel appoints Jupiter, Mirova to £2.5bn sustainable equity fund

    22 February 2022

    Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Jupiter Asset Management and Mirova US as additional managers of its rapidly growing £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) sustainable listed global equities fund.

  • Philippines urges European investors to back green bond after COP disappointment

    21 February 2022

    The Philippines has urged European investors to support its forthcoming $500 million green bond debut after the "disappointing" response of developed nations to support climate finance for emerging economies at the COP26 climate conference.