Ahren Lester

Articles by Ahren Lester

  • Bond round-up: Unedic, Kaiser, Santander, HP, OneMain, Telus, Generali, Slovenia ... and more - Updated

    23 June 2021
  • Nomura, HSBC and ING among ASEAN sustainable finance working group members

    22 June 2021

    An industry advisory panel (IAP) of sustainable finance has been launched by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF)...

  • US climate disclosure tussle develops over SEC filings role

    21 June 2021

    A tussle is developing over whether mandatory climate disclosures in the US should feature in the closely scrutinised annual regulatory filings or as a separate document, with some major firms opposing inclusion in annual filings but some significant investors backing such a move.

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Ivanhoe Cambridge, Hines, PRT Growing, Furla ... and more

    17 June 2021
  • Bond round-up: Enel, JBS, Hannon Armstrong, Southern California Edison, Canada ... and more - Updated

    16 June 2021
  • Australian debt head unconvinced by green bond cost benefit

    16 June 2021

    The Australian debt management office head said he remains "unconvinced" by the cost appeal...

  • RPMI Railpen joins partnership exploring best workforce metrics for listed firms

    15 June 2021

    £32 billion ($45 billion) pension fund RPMI Railpen has joined the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)...

  • Carbon prices expected to rise, amid Covid-19 recovery and climate ambition catalysts

    14 June 2021

    Market participants are increasingly confident that carbon prices across all major global emissions trading systems (ETSs)...

  • Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance

    11 June 2021

    One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) have provided some illustrative metrics...

  • Fannie Mae, Nordea join Green Bond Principles executive as ING, Kommunalbanken depart

    11 June 2021

    Fannie Mae and Nordea Bank have been elected to the executive committee (ExCom) that develops the Green Bond Principles (GBP)...