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Kommuinvest to Issue Social Bond in 2025

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Although they are still a relatively small segment of the global sustainable fixed-income market, social bonds are an important part of...

Nordic Sustainable Bond Issuance Down From 2023 as of Q3

Stockholm (NordSIP) - At a time when green-hushing is expected to increase due to the election of an anti-ESG political majority in the USA,...

Can Gender Bonds Support the Gender Equality Agenda?

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As we celebrate International Women's Day, NordSIP took the opportunity to consider the landscape of the gender-related sustainable bond market and...

FIGs, Sovereigns and SLBs Rise as Real Estate Bonds Retreat in 2023

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As 2023 ended, and since the World Bank issued the first green bond in 2007, the global market for sustainable bonds...

Denmark and Finland Grab Bond Market in Third Quarter

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Amid rising interest rates and increasing turbulence in the Middle East, the third quarter of 2023 saw a drop in quarterly...

Swedbank Issues First Nordic Bank Social Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Although sustainable finance has historically tended to prioritise governance and environmental efforts, the social aspect of ESG is gaining prominence in...

Swedish Sustainable Bond Issuance Rebounds in Q2

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As fixed-income markets closed the first half of the year, sustainable bond issuance seemed to remain on track with that of...

Länsförsäkringar Invests in CEB’s First SEK Social Inclusion Bond

Stockholm (NordSIP) - On 27 April, the Council of Europe Deveopment Bank (CEB) issued a SEK650 million five-year Social Inclusion Bond (SIB), the largest...

Denmark and Norway Lead Nordic Bonds During First Quarter

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the first quarter of 2023 came to an end, financial markets took stock of the ongoing macroeconomic conjuncture and how...

Which Article 9 Nordic Bond Fund Came on Top in Q1?

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Facing rising interest rates, persistent inflation and fears of an expanding banking crisis in the USA, portfolio managers (PMs) of fixed-income...

Nordic Sustainable Bond Market Bucks Global Trend in 2022

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The difficult economic conjuncture that dominated financial markets in 2022 couldn't avoid but to spill over onto sustainable fixed income markets,...

Finnfund Offers SDG Exposure to Private Investors

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Mobilising private capital is key to closing the UN-estimated financing gap of US$2.5 trillion per year needed to meet the UN...

Nordea Launches New Bond Tied to SLL Portfolio

Sockholm (NordSIP) - Following the publication of a its new Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) Framework at the end of the second quarter of 2022, Nordea...

CBI Launches Social and Sustainability Bond Database

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Climate Bonds Initiative has announced the expansion of its data analysis capabilities with the launch of a Social and Sustainability...

Sustainable Bond Issuance Down During H1 2022

Stockholm (NordSIP) – According to the latest report from the Climate Bonds initiative, US$417.8 billion worth of debt labelled as green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked,...

NN IP Bets on Social Bonds

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Companies, governments, and government-related entities are increasingly issuing social bonds to finance projects that contribute to society with a neutral or...

A Buoyant 2022 For Sustainable Fixed Income Markets?

As expected, 2021 saw global sustainable fixed income markets reach and exceed the US$1 trillion mark in issuance. The new record was driven by...

Buoyant Demand for Elekta’s Cancer SLB

Stockholm (NordSIP) - As the private sector races to embrace sustainability goals, climate change objectives have remained the dominant focus. However, the last two...

European Commission Takes Over Social Bonds Market

Stockholm (NordSIP) - On Tuesday, October 20th, the European Union launched its inaugural €17 billion dual-tranche social bond due in 2030 and 2040. The...

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