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SGS, the Swiss corporate testing and verification company, came out aggressively for its debut Eurobond on Wednesday, and was rewarded with a spread flat to fair value. -
ESG ratings are starting to appear in term sheets for high grade corporate bond issuers, regardless of whether or not the deal is a themed issuance. This is a sensible move and ought to have a positive impact on the curve for the issuer.
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A slew of mandates hit Europe’s high grade corporate bond market on Monday, with issuers increasingly adding their ESG ratings to investor communications that cover their whole enterprise, even if the deal being marketed is not a designated socially responsible investment.
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Singapore’s UOB has appointed Eric Lim as its chief sustainability officer, a newly created position to support the bank’s focus on ESG, which got a fresh impetus this week with the sale of the lender’s first sustainability bond.
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CLOs have 'by nature' a limited exposure to the industries commonly excluded under ESG criteria, meaning their investment flexibility will be preserved, despite the exclusions appearing in more and more deal documents. This bodes well for the growth of ESG screening in the US CLO market, which has lagged behind other markets, with only 10 deals so far featuring the language, according to Deutsche Bank.
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The G20’s Financial Stability Board is cranking up its action on climate change again now that Donald Trump is no longer US president. This will feed the hopes of some sustainable finance supporters who want the FSB to drive progress on issues including environmental accounting.
