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India’s promising green investment opportunity
Focus on growth and environment positions India as leader in sustainable development
| By K Mukundan
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Scotland must be serious about ‘kilts’ for it to make sense
Any issuance at present is purely symbolic
Scaling up sustainability-linked bonds issuance in emerging markets
Innovative financing instruments are not only distinct, they are necessary to ensure sustainable development
MDBs should be sensitive about the price of hybrid capital
More sources of funding need to be unlocked
International demand for European safe assets a ‘zero-sum game’
European triple-A public sector bond market saturated with similar ambitions
Africa continues to lay the groundwork for climate action
AFMI countries progress in incorporating ESG measures into their market infrastructure
Overhauling bank regulation will boost liquidity of government bonds
Hedge funds should be free to act as primary dealers in Europe
Finance minister Mario Marcel says Chile becoming green finance hub
Ambitious plans for sustainability-linked borrowing and renewable production
European DMOs step up retail issuance but not all are convinced
Belgium’s record-breaking retail bond transaction likened to a ‘monetary policy operation’
Greece is back but the recovery is not over
Investment grade status awarded for the first time in 12 years
How debt-for-nature swaps can affect sovereign credit
Buyback of sovereign bonds at discount can be viewed as default by Moody’s
Fitch downgrade of US is odd but not pointless
The decision hopefully signals a longer-term wake-up call
Increase in foreign investors will help to stabilise UK gilt market
Overseas gilt holders bring value in diversity
Primary dealers profit from ‘destroying their own credits’
Use of private placements to fill engineered shorts distort government bond market
It’s time to get creative on Ukraine’s debt
Public and private sector lenders must work together
