Image: Russian Railways, Railway Gazette
Image: Russian Railways, Railway Gazette
LONDON: 11:00 BST 21/10/2015: We are pleased to announce that major global asset manager Allianz Global Investors have become a Climate Bonds Partner today. The active investment manager manages €446bn (as of June 30, 2015) for institutional and retail investors and is also a signatory on the Climate Bonds Initiative’s Investor Statement re: green bonds and climate bonds.
Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors said:
Monday 26 Oct 2015 08:00 London / 09:00 Paris / 13:30 Delhi / 19:00 Sydney
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
Register here.
Q3 sees the biggest single issuance this year so far of $1.1bn (thanks to NWB Bank) and overall total issuance is $6.9bn for the quarter. The green bond market has slightly slowed from a high in Q2. But, it seems like the issuance is going up in size – the average in Q3 bonds ($204m) is well above the Q2 figure of ($144m).
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Lima: Last week the UNEP Inquiry launched its final report ‘The Financial System We Need – Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development’. Another exciting output of a very busy time in Lima!
Actually USD 995 million in three separate bonds, but close enough to a billion. FinanceAsia has the first story.
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Climate Bonds Initiative in partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) Green Finance Committee, will co-host a landmark half-day green bond conference on 23rd October 2015 in London. The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office are a supporting Partner.
Roundtable for asset owners and managers, prospective issuers and underwriters
Leading example of central bank support for green bond market
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