Ahren Lester

DFCC Bank preparing first green bond in Sri Lanka

Climate adaptation: a 'missed opportunity' in sustainable bonds

Climate adaptation is finding its feet in the sustainable bond market, but Craig Davies says opportunities are being missed to turn risk into investment. Ahren Lester reports

US, Australia become 'SLB deserts' in 2024

The significant slowdown in sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance has resulted in some countries which were previously active markets for the performance-based instrument not seeing a single deal in 2024 to date, including the US.

BasisBank issues 'landmark' sustainability bond in Georgia

BasisBank has become the first commercial bank in Georgia to issue a sustainability bond, with the Tbilisi-based lender raising an initial $20 million from the deal.

Sustainable bonds getting 'more explicit' and focused on usage plans

Sustainable bond issuers are getting more comfortable with being increasingly focused and explicit around their use-of-proceeds intentions as investor expectations evolve, according to NatWest.

Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge mandates green bond deal

Sustainable bond 'maturity wall' to reshape market

With $1 trillion of sustainable bonds approaching maturity, will their issuers return to the market, asks Ahren Lester

Sustainable bond market share declines amid 'opportunistic' issuance trend

The decline in bond market share for sustainable bond in 2024 has been primarily driven by issuers trying to get to market quickly with deals rather than waning interest in sustainable bonds, according to Moody's.

Passive fund growth fuels $38bn ESG bond fund inflows in 2024, says Barclays

Global environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused bond funds have reported "strong" net inflows worth a cumulative $38 billion in 2024 to date, according to Barclays - with passively managed funds leading the surge.

A tale of two triple-tranche sustainable bonds

After two innovative sustainability-focused triple-tranche bond deals from Ahold Delhaize and EDF in recent months, the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) argues the Dutch-Belgian supermarket chain ...