European Investment Bank
Leading from the front
European Investment Bank is one of the EU’s primary vehicles for achieving its sustainability goals and is therefore at the vanguard of European and global sustainable debt markets. The supranational tells KangaNews it aims to use this position to provide a blueprint for itself and others to implement ambitious sustainable-finance strategies.
Labelled market still evolving as ambition remains the order of the day
Transition and sustainability-linked bonds have offered early potential to support the aspects of economic transition with the greatest degree of additionality and impact. But issuance has slowed after a promising start, in particular due to enhanced scrutiny of transaction structures’ ambition. Market leaders gathered in Amsterdam in June to path a road forward.
Time for Australian sustainable finance to step up to the plate
Clearer policy direction, the development and implementation of a local taxonomy and mandatory climate reporting, and the impending inevitability of energy transition seem set to turbo charge the Australian sustainable finance market. Speakers at the KangaNews Sustainable Debt Summit in Sydney on 19 March discussed the economic and market impact of this inflection point.
SSA sector stays on the cutting edge of sustainability and DE&I
In October 2023, KangaNews and UBS hosted female leaders from the supranational, sovereign and agency sector – live in Sydney and via VC globally – at a roundtable to discuss the state of capital markets and the role of these institutions in promoting sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.
SSA Kangaroo volume passes all-time record but eyes turn to 2024
Supranational, sovereign and agency issuance in Australian dollars has had a knock-out year, with new supply surpassing an annual record that had stood for nearly a decade and a half. Supply has resumed after a particularly acute mid-year lull, but intermediaries’ attention is now turning to next year as the new-issuance ground looks less fertile in the near term.
Searching for momentum in transition finance
Finding a way to reliably and meaningfully support environmental transition is perhaps the greatest contribution sustainable finance could make to achieving climate goals – and sustainability-linked bonds have been presented as critical tool for doing so. But flatlining issuance highlights what is perhaps the sector’s greatest challenge to date: how to agree, measure and monitor genuine transition ambition.
SSA Yearbook 2024
The annual guide to the world's most significant supranational, sovereign and agency sector issuers.
