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Nasdaq 2022 Sustainability Report: Supporting the Investment Community

3BL Media

As the financial ecosystem anticipates upcoming sustainability and climate-related regulations, Nasdaq may see increasing interest in green equity classification from companies and investors outside the Nasdaq Nordic exchanges. We also added our sustainable bond network data to the platform.

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Road to Reform

Chris Hall

As such, there is a growing consensus that MDBs need to rethink their purpose, with the G20 New Delhi leaders’ declaration in September 2023 calling on the multilaterals to become “better, bigger and more effective”. MDBs can also coordinate on financing arrangements.

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Asia’s Sovereigns to Embrace Sustainable Bonds

Chris Hall

A recent report by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance said “a fully-fledged sustainable debt market” would go a long way to filling the SDG financing gap, predicting sustainable bond issuance in emerging markets would grow from US$50 billion per year in 2020 to US$360 billion by 2023.

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GSS Bonds Suffer First Ever Slump in 2022

Chris Hall

Interest rate hikes prompted a decline in GSS bonds for first time last year, but declining inflation forecasts offer brighter outlook for fixed income in 2023. Green, social and sustainable (GSS) bonds endured a difficult 2022, with the fixed income instruments declining in value and issuance volume for the first year on record.

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Integration of Social Issues Critical to Confront Climate Change

Chris Hall

It also pointed to a lack of tools for investors to integrate social issues into their investment strategies and an “overwhelming focus” from international bodies and investor initiatives on climate and nature-related issues. trillion and US$14.2