The dragon takes flight: tailwinds for China’s first green bond issuance
China has launched its first sovereign green bond, the issuance is significant for three reasons – confidence, geography and timing, reports Atharva Deshmukh
Fixed Income
Smart Pension’s James Lawrence on growing DC demand for green bonds
Thomas Helm speaks to James Lawrence, director of investment proposition at Smart Pension, to find out how the DC provider plans to green its fixed income portfolio
Beyond green: inside the nascent space of transition bond funds
A major challenge for net-zero-focused bond investors is finding not only credible but also financially attractive transition finance opportunities
Will transition debt become the new green for sovereigns?
Sovereign bond issuers have so far focussed on green debt, but could transition debt, aimed at decarbonising heavy emitting industries soon play a bigger role?
Out now: NZI Spark! Fixed income, a powerful lever
The second issue of NZI Spark!, our biannual digital magazine, is dedicated to the role of bonds on the road to net zero
NZI with Mona: how bond investors can tackle deforestation exposures
How can bond investors tackle deforestation risks across their portfolios? NZI editor Mona Dohle speaks to Josephine Richardson, head of research at the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute to find out more.
NZI with Atharva - Unpicking Cambridge’s new bond index
Cambridge University has launched a new bond index to target fossil fuel expansion. NZI’s Atharva Deshmukh catches up with Dr Ellen Quigley, principal research associate at the Department of Land Economy and the special adviser (responsible investment) to the CFO at the University of Cambridge and Lily Macfadyen Tomson, senior research associate at Jesus College, Cambridge.
A2A misses SLB target, triggers 25bps coupon step-up
The company’s AGM documents show that renewable energy capacity addition fell short
Revealed: the companies with exposure to deforestation debt and how investors can engage
Multinational companies have raised more than $60bn of debt with exposure to deforestation in the first quarter of 2025 alone, but bond maturities offer investors a crucial window to engage
University of Cambridge announces new global bond index
The index will favour companies phasing down fossil fuel activities
National Wealth Fund reform could drive up investment in the UK’s just transition
Jesse Griffiths, CEO of Finance Innovation Lab argues that the key to tackling the UK’s under-investment problem and driving the just transition will be pensions reform allied to a revamped and scaled-up National Wealth Fund
China issues inaugural sovereign green bond
The RMB-denominated offshore issuance is valued at over $830m
