Ahren Lester

Augment, Danish IFU invest $85m in Origo Energia

Railpen, AIMCo buy majority stake in battery storage firm

Transition bonds still have growth potential, says MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon said that the transition bond market has "good potential to grow," despite lacklustre uptake by issuers to date.

$1trn equal voting initiative welcomes FCA dual-share restrictions

The $1 trillion Investor Coalition for Equal Votes (ICEV) has welcomed UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposals which maintain restrictions on dual-class share structures (DCSS) ...

BlackRock cuts ESG shareholder vote support in 2022

BlackRock supported less than a quarter of environmental and social shareholder proposals in 2022, down from nearly half in 2021.

NZAOA urges ISSB to explicitly recommend 'net zero' targets

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has urged the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to "expressly integrate" net-zero emissions...

Loan round-up: SPIE, Tauron, Iberdrola, Fugro, Atenor ... and more

Social bond market now 'sufficiently mature' for fund construction

Following a surge in issuance since 2020, social bonds have come of age and NN IP's Roel van Broekhuizen tells Ahren Lester why the Dutch asset manager feels ready to join in with its own fund

Bond round-up: PepsiCo, IBRD, SSE, Vanke, Voltalia ... and more

Draft ISSB climate risk disclosures 'unrealistic and too granular'

The draft International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) climate-related disclosures have been criticised for being "unrealistic and too granular,"...