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Bureau Veritas verifies Brazil's first Certified Green Bond for solar energy

Fri, 13/07/2018 - 09:52

Testing, inspection and certification (TIC) provider, Bureau Veritas has verified the very first Certified Green Bond for solar energy in Brazil. »

Invesco global sovereign wealth study finds shift to equities

Mon, 09/07/2018 - 09:50

Invesco has published its sixth Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, an annual in-depth report on the complex investment behaviour of sovereign wealth funds and central banks, which this year shows that equities have now overtaken bonds to become the lead asset class for sovereigns across active, passive and factor strategies. »

Tradeweb sees increased adoption of electronic trading by China bond investors

Mon, 09/07/2018 - 08:50

Tradeweb Markets, a global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading, has reported that Chinese onshore bond trading activity surpassed CNY697 billion (USD107 billion) since the launch of Bond Connect on 3 July 2017. »

New research shows 88 per cent of institutional investors fear inflation will reduce real value of bond yields

Fri, 06/07/2018 - 09:59

Nearly nine out of 10 institutional investors (88 per cent) have some degree of concern that inflation will erode the real value of bond yields over the next one to two years, according to new research by Managing Partners Group (MPG). »

Foresight Group becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Tue, 19/06/2018 - 09:27

Foresight Group (Foresight) has become the latest financial institution to join the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program. Partners assist in developing climate finance solutions in local markets and help define policy agendas for national, regional and sector-based programs. »

Municipal CUSIP request volume climbs to pre-Tax Cuts & Jobs Act levels

Wed, 13/06/2018 - 10:15

May was another huge month for municipal identifier requests, according to the latest CUSIP Issuance Trends report. »

SSE and LuxSE launch Green Bond Channel

Mon, 11/06/2018 - 09:12

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has launched the Green Bond Channel providing international investors access to data and information on Chinese domestic green bonds listed in Shanghai. »

New ETF provider Tabula tackles fixed income ETFs

Wed, 06/06/2018 - 10:01

MJ Lytle, chief executive of the new European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management, is a veteran of the European ETF market. »

MTS BondsPro partners with BondCliQ

Tue, 05/06/2018 - 22:30

MTS Markets International, part of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), and BondCliQ, a new corporate bond market data solution, have partnered to provide BondCliQ users with data from MTS BondsPro all-to-all electronic trading platform for corporate bonds.   »

EG Capital Advisors launches UCITS version of EM High Yield Strategy

Wed, 25/04/2018 - 14:36

News came in April that EG Capital Advisors, a London-based investment firm with a strong background in emerging markets credit, had launched its Emerging Markets Corporate High Yield UCITS with USD75 million under management. »