Sustainable Finance
Nedbank CIB: Growth of ESG-Linked Funding Should be Driven by Capital Allocators
There is a pressing need to improve social and environmental outcomes in South Africa, and finance can play an important role in bringing them about. But the growth of the sustainable finance segment needs to be driven by allocators of capital – banks and investors, says Nedbank’s head of debt capital markets origination Bruce Stewart.
25 Oct 2019
Moscow’s Embrace of the Paris Accord Brings Thaw to ESG Market in Russia
The ESG industry has all too often gotten the cold shoulder from Russia – a country that, seemingly, should be one of the least concerned about average temperatures rising. Will Vladimir Putin’s warming to the idea lead to a slew of green bond transactions?
17 Oct 2019
Grupo Argos CFO on Sector Strategy, Picking Relationship Banks, and Sustainability
Grupo Argos S.A is a Colombian conglomerate with large investments in the cement and energy industries, with operations in the United States, Panamá, Honduras and the Caribbean, and assets in various sectors from transport to real estate. The Group’s CFO Alejandro Piedrahita spoke with Bonds & Loans to discuss the group’s major businesses, the company’s bold new bid to build a new logistics hub…
15 Oct 2019
Brown Brothers Harriman: Emerging Markets Preview for the Week Ahead
EM benefited greatly from the improvement in US-China trade relations and quite possibly Brexit. The dollar is likely to remain under some pressure near-term as a result. Yet we must caution investors against getting too optimistic. The details of the partial trade deal still need to be worked out, while existing tariffs will still remain in place if the deal is signed next month as most expect.…
14 Oct 2019
SWOT Analysis: African Credit Markets in 60 Seconds
Bonds & Loans examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats across Africa following a research trip to the region.
10 Oct 2019
SWOT Analysis: GCC Credit Markets in 60 Seconds
Bonds & Loans examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats across the GCC following a research trip to the region.
3 Oct 2019
General Corporate Purposes is Not Enough, but Neither is the Current Approach to Sustainable Finance
With a USD2.5tn gap in the funding required to meet the UN sustainable development goals (SDG), the industry needs to move more swiftly in mobilising the capital needed to address persistent sustainable development shortcomings. Thankfully, a number of forces may be conspiring to provide an important tailwind for sustainable finance. But the industry needs to hunker down and address some key…
25 Sept 2019
IFC Treasurer: “Global debt markets are undergoing rapid transformation”
Bond markets are not particularly well-known for being cutting edge. The vast majority of trading still takes place over the phone, and the settlement process more often than not still takes days rather than hours or minutes. But in emerging markets, where funding innovation is helping borrowers overcome capital bottlenecks and Fintech is enabling new pockets of growth, that perception is…
10 Sept 2019
Viathan Group CFO: “Banks that don’t embrace fintech will be replaced”
Viathan Group is an emerging energy player in the power and gas sector in Nigeria but in financing circles, the company is perhaps best known for its innovative 2018 infrastructure bond issuance – when it pioneered a new structure for the country’s capital markets. Babajide Ibironke, the Group’s CFO, talks to Bonds & Loans about the company’s growth ambitions and funding strategy, overcoming the…
6 Sept 2019