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The SRI bond market has reached an inflection point. If the institutions and people that have nurtured its development can get it right over the next few months and years, then investment in sustainable, socially responsible projects could soar and finally enable the sector to shake off its tag as one that underperforms its less ethically selective rivals. EuroWeek assembled in London representatives from key institutions that have helped to forge the market and are at the forefront of driving its progress, to discuss the future for SRI markets, the challenges facing them, as well as their huge potential.
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The much-anticipated launch of Europe’s permanent bail-out borrower, the European Stability Mechanism, is scheduled for October. Tessa Wilkie reports on how the issuer will establish its capital markets presence alongside sister supranational, the European Financial Stability Facility.
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Bond market participants used to be able to set their watches by the International Finance Corporation’s issuance calendar when it came to benchmark funding. But with a larger funding need and in markets less certain, Ralph Sinclair discovers that the IFC has had to change its tactics.
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At least €3tr of bonds in Europe are managed under SRI criteria, so this is no new or niche market. But so far, with a few exceptions, bond investors have not put issuers under pressure over ESG. For bond markets to be a stronger force for good, responsible asset managers need to up their game. They are steadily getting stronger and more vocal. As Jon Hay reports, the nascent green bond market could be the catalyst that starts this reaction.
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The Republic of Italy has survived the dark days of 2011 and 2012 and come out the other side stronger, boosting its maturity profile with a pair of long dated benchmarks and even reaching the 50 year part of the curve with a private placement. Foreign investors have returned, while the eurozone’s improving economic fortunes are playing a big part in its syndication plans. Craig McGlashan reports.
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While the burgeoning market for socially responsible bond issuance has been so far dominated by supranational borrowers, governments are well placed to step up. Tessa Wilkie reports.