A $70m guarantee supports a sustainability bond and a loan for CamGSM, which will use the proceeds to provide improved telecoms services for a million Cambodians.
The Dutch pension fund for the retail sector had already applied similar benchmarks to other parts of its portfolio. The tracked SDGs are in line with scheme members’ preferences and linked to the retail and supply chain sectors.
A World Bank sustainable development bond aimed at ending extreme poverty raised $5bn from a record 175 investors, including banks, central banks, insurers, pension funds and asset managers across the globe.
The impact and microfinance investment firm is collaborating with Bitfinex Securities to issue tokens that will be linked to capital raising for microfinance.
The asset manager has created a high yield fund that qualifies for the EU’s Article 9 label, with the aim to provide a more sustainable investment option for pension funds and insurance companies.
Catastrophe bonds, or cat bonds, are attracting more interest from investors looking for opportunities in the fast-growing insurance linked securities. We meet some of the players in this space to understand how the sector is developing.
There is scope to replicate the concept of the Ecuador debt-for-nature swap, according to Stefan Wandrag, who was the deal-lead for Climate Fund Managers.
APG Asset Management, on behalf of Dutch pension giant ABP, has led the investment in the bond which will focus on offshore biodiversity and sustainable shipping.
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