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  • Matt Christ (Ninety One) @ Sustainable Debt Americas 2024

    15 October 2024

    Matt Christ, portfolio manager of emerging markets fixed income at Ninety One, shares his views on Ninety One's decarbonisation impact strategy and how it is playing out across both the public and private debt markets.

  • Khan Bank raises $30m from first domestic Mongolian green bond

    15 October 2024

    Mongolian lender Khan Bank has completed a $30 million fundraise from the first green bond listed in the domestic Mongolian market, more than a year after securing approval for the programme.

  • ICFA expands mandate to focus on social impact

    15 October 2024

    The International Climate Finance Accelerator (ICFA) has extended its mandate to prioritise social impact through the launch of its extension platform, the International Social Finance Accelerator (ISFA).

  • Elizabeth Wallace (Ontario Financing Authority) @ Sustainable Debt Americas 2024

    15 October 2024

    Elizabeth Wallace, Senior Manager Funding, Capital Markets Division at Ontario Financing Authority, shares her views on Ontario's sustainable bond funding program.

  • When will GSAM, Jupiter and Gresham House sign up to the TNFD?

    14 October 2024

    Jupiter Asset Management is considering becoming an adopter of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) initiative, one of its sustainability managers has said.

  • Fidelity launches 'first' global 'blue bond' fund

    14 October 2024

    Fidelity International (FIL) has launched a dedicated 'blue bond' fund to leverage the "unique position" that bond markets have to support the sustainable ocean and freshwater transition.

  • Stafford to accelerate carbon sequestering through greenfield strategy

    14 October 2024

    Stafford Capital Partners' newly launched carbon strategy will accelerate the sequestering of carbon from the investor's assets in the next year, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Commercial viability holding back Asian nature investments, says CDP

    14 October 2024

    The commercial viability of investments in nature-based solutions across Asia is holding investors back, CDP has found, as it calls on financial institutions to set nature targets and blueprints.

  • Largest NYC social bond almost six-times oversubscribed

    11 October 2024

    New York City (NYC) has raised $820 million from its largest ever social bond, with the orderbook almost reaching $5 billion.

  • BlackRock to convert European equity fund to transition focus

    11 October 2024

    BlackRock has announced plans to rebrand and change the investment policy and objectives of its €345.9 million ($378.7 million) European Focus Fund and will rename it as the European Equity Transition Fund.