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Asia-Pacific 'ripe' for sovereign sustainable bond issuance, says Moody's
15 February 2022Asia-Pacific's (APAC) need for finance to help it recover from the pandemic, as well as the region's focus on the transition to a low-carbon economy,...
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Asia's first ESG engagement fund to launch
15 February 2022An ESG engagement fund has been announced by Japanese insurance company Meiji Yasuda (MY)
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Data firms team up on SFDR compliance product
15 February 2022Advisory firm LPA and data provider Globalance have partnered to extend coverage of a tool for sustainability analysis of investment portfolios to help meet EU sustainability reporting requirements.
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Aviva lends backing to sovereign climate reporting proposals
14 February 2022Aviva Investors has expressed its support for a proposed standardised climate and nature disclosure framework for sovereign issuers, which the investor said would help its research and engagement.
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Asian sustainable high-yield credit fund launched
14 February 2022A fund that will invest in Asian high-yield credit 'displaying strong sustainability profiles', has been launched.
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NZBA pumped $38bn into oil and gas since launch
14 February 202225 members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) have financed at least $38 billion of oil and gas funding since the group's launch under a year ago, according to pressure group ShareAction.
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Morningstar revokes sustainable label from hundreds of EU funds
14 February 2022Morningstar has reversed a previous decision to label more than 1,200 EU funds as 'sustainable', after scrutinising their documents.
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Chaucer and Moody's announce ESG scorecard collaboration
14 February 2022Chaucer has announced it will collaborate with data analytics firm Moody's to create ESG scorecards which it claims would be the first of their kind in the (re)insurance sector.
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Singapore identifies sustainable finance core competencies
11 February 202212 technical skills and competencies needed by those working in sustainable finance have been set out by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF)...
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Fitch: Sovereign sustainable bonds 'can be positive' for credit ratings
11 February 2022Fitch Ratings predicted the increasingly important role that sustainable bonds play in sovereign debt management could become credit positive for issuers in the future.
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