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Loan round-up: Air Liquide, Macquarie University, SSEN Distribution ... and more
20 July 2023 -
Bond round-up: Masdar, Middle East spotlight, Zagrebacki, Cinven ... and more
19 July 2023 -
Time is ripe for Scope 3 sustainability-linked bond growth, says NatWest
19 July 2023The sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market has made "significant progress" on refining targets and being "level-headed" around failure, which NatWest thinks could trigger more Scope 3 emissions targets.
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FTSE Russell to launch sustainability-linked bond index
18 July 2023FTSE Russell will launch a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) index series next week, which is believed to be only the second index covering the performance-based instrument to date.
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NAB, UBS hired as Australian sovereign green bond structurers
18 July 2023 -
193 Chinese green bonds relabelled as 'common ground taxonomy' aligned
17 July 2023China has published a list of 193 Chinese green bonds which it judged as aligned with the EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), in an "innovative" move to attract international investment in the domestic sustainable bond market.
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Gresham House snapped up in £470m private equity deal
17 July 2023£7.8 billion ($10 billion) UK specialist asset management firm Gresham House is set to be acquired for £470 million by US private equity firm Searchlight Capital.
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US, emerging markets to spur sustainable bond growth
17 July 2023With regulatory and policy shifts in motion, US sustainable bonds are expected to rebound after underwhelming issuance in recent years, market experts predict.
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Cinven secures 'first' green European leveraged buy-out bond
14 July 2023 -
Why the greenium behaves like a 'drunk'
14 July 2023No one likes having to talk to a drunk - their inane and random ramblings can be difficult to understand.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.