Green Bonds – Page 5
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Inarcassa shifts to corporate bonds with higher ESG rating
This summer the scheme recorded returns of -7% amid increased volatility in financial markets
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Finance For Biodiversity launches Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub
While numerous governments have green bond programmes, Chile is the only country to have issued a sustainability-linked bond
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NewsGeneva pension fund invests CHF100m in green bonds
CPEG also bought its first social bond issued by the canton of Geneva for CHF50m to finance projects with a positive social impact
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FeaturesFixed income, rates & currency: inflation battle in full swing
As we reach the midpoint of the year, there is little sign that the second half of 2022 will be any less turbulent than the first. The conflict in Ukraine slogs on – a destructive war of attrition, pain and fear. The repercussions are huge, global and unpredictable, be they surging energy prices or impending, but acute, shortages of basic foodstuffs, or of semi-conductors, so vital to 21st century life.
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: EU raises the green bond stakes
The EU is considering making its Green Bond Standard mandatory
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Asset Class ReportsCredit: Anthropocene fixed income
Former credit portfolio manager Ulf Erlandsson is on a mission to shake up the bond markets’ climate-change credentials
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Denmark urgently needs an energy independence plan, says pensions lobby
‘Even before the war in Ukraine, we were faced with an urgent task in the green transition,’ says IPD CEO
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Inflation spotlight on central banks
Not often far from the action, central banks have been centre stage in 2022 as one after another in the developed markets reveal their hawkish intents. The speed and synchronicity with which they have shifted has been pretty remarkable, with only the Bank of Japan not yet joining other main central banks.
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KLP, Nordic banks, launch transition financing code for shipping
‘Guidelines for Transition-linked Financing’ for the shipping industry aimed at increasing transparency around firms seeking rate discounts on loan/bond financing
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NewsVBL picks Amundi Deutschland for green, social bonds worth over €1bn
The bonds are subject to strict criteria by the International Capital Market Association
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NewsSustainable bond issuance growth to slow on way to $1.35trn total in 2022 – Moody’s
Prediction that sustainability-linked bond issuance to more than double, however
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Is Europe on track to become sovereign?
The Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme is designed to speed up the EU recovery and spur growth over the medium and long term. More importantly, it represents a unique opportunity to lay the foundations of a deep and liquid European safe asset.
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Alecta says $75m blue bond investment meets sustainability, risk/return needs
Bond will enable Belize to refinance existing debt at lower cost, releasing $180m earmarked for marine preservation, says Swedish pension fund
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Master trust launches green impact strategy with Wellington, Lombard Odier
Wellington will manage impact bonds with both a climate and social focus, whilst Lombard Odier will manage bonds focussed on positive climate impact
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Asset Class ReportsThe green bond imperative
A deepening pool of green bond issuance is allowing investors to direct capital towards objectives like energy transition
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Danish pension funds cheer news of first domestic state green bond
IPD positive on central bank using Germany’s tried-and-tested twin-bond model
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Special ReportNextGenEU: Towards a new euro yield curve?
Bonds designed to support member states hit hardest by the pandemic look set to become a new safe asset
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Country ReportFunds collaborate on green credit
Swedish funds team up with fund managers by providing seed money for two new sustainable bond products
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Opinion PiecesGreen bonds – a ‘no-brainer’ paragon
Institutional investors are constantly searching for the elusive ‘no-brainer’ investment: the one that offers clear additional benefits without additional risk
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EU green bond attracts interest over €135bn
Yield of 0.4% for a 15-year bond is too low, PMT says
