Graham Cooper

Bundesbank chief rejects risk weighting adjustment for green assets

Climate risks impact on the core tasks of central banks but “it would be wrong to want to use banking regulations to set climate policy incentives, for example by granting risk weighting ‘discounts’ for ‘green’ assets,” said Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann.

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Insurers and pension funds plan increase in real asset holdings

European insurance companies and pension funds expect to increase their allocations to real assets over the next 12 months and 90% say environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will be an important consideration in these investments.

CDP maps its data and tools onto EU sustainable finance measures

CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has issued guidance to help investors, policy-makers and others implement various measures called for under the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance.

Green bond market on track to hit $1trn next summer, says SEB

Cumulative issuance of green bonds, since the market began in 2007, has reached $800 billion which means "we should reach the $1 trillion market next summer," according to Christopher Flensborg, head of climate and sustainable finance at SEB.

Clean Energy Ventures upsizes energy innovations fund

Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a US venture capital company, has attracted $110 million for its first fund, which was originally intended to raise $75 million.

Sustainability-linked loans 'now more popular than green loans'

Issuance of sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) is outstripping that of green loans this year, according to the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA).

Green bond fund to give exposure to Chinese market

A Hong-Kong based asset manager plans to launch a green bond fund in November that will make 50% of its investments in Chinese bonds.

Green bond comment: BIS backing signals market's maturity

The launch of a green bond fund by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on 16 September, marks a new milestone on the market's long march to maturity.