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Amundi: 'Exciting' plans as ground-breaking EM green bond fund winds down

Amundi said it has "exciting projects" in the pipeline to meet ongoing institutional investor demand for sustainable bonds as its ground-breaking $1.5 billion emerging market (EM) green bond fund prepared to wind down.

Standard Chartered raises €1bn from 'milestone' social bond debut

UK-based lender Standard Chartered has issued a debut €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond focused on small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

'Article 9' becomes headwind for sustainable bond funds

Declining investor demand for 'Article 9' funds helped slow the growth of European sustainable bond fund market, reports Ahren Lester

UK should harness 'underestimated' £77bn impact market for policy priorities

The UK government should utilise its impact investment market for addressing policy priorities, as its pool of capital remains 'underestimated', a report by the City of London Corporation has stated.

BII commits $75m to Pakistani bank