Features
Private Banking: Demanding Times For ESG
The wealthy are ready for a more sustainable future, but struggling with just how to get there.
Sustainable Finance
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
A Path Out Of ESG Limbo
Transition bonds are providing a way for companies in hard-to-abate industries to deliver net-zero emissions.
Sustainable Finance
Carbon Trading 2.0
The effect of the Glasgow COP26 meeting continues to grow and is now propelling the carbon-trading market.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Doing Well By Doing Good: Q&A With HP Treasurer Zac Nesper
Zac Nesper, treasurer at HP, speaks with Global Finance about the company’s $1 billion sustainable bond offering in June and the framework HP developed for future issuances.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Pressure Rises With The Dollar
The rising value of the US dollar is affecting companies and economies globally—for better and worse.
Features
Citi’s Social Evolution: Q&A With Citi Global Head of Social Finance Jorge Rubio Nava
In late October, Citi issued its first social bond, priced close to par, with a four-year tenor and 1.281% fixed-rate coupon. Proceeds will be used to finance healthcare, affordable housing, education and other goods and services that meet the bank’s social principles. Jorge Rubio Nava, global head of social finance at Citi, talks about the new bond as well as the evolution of Citi’s culture and policy with respect to ESG.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ESG Growing Pains
Maturing standards are raising the issuance bar.
Executive Interviews
Financing Female Independence: Q&A With Mary Ellen Iskenderian
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, speaks to Global Finance about expanding financial inclusion of women, especially in emerging markets.
News
New Zealand Calls For Greater Climate Disclosures
New Zealand is the first sovereign state to approve a law requiring financial institutions, insurance companies and asset managers to disclose climate change risks.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Calculating Climate Risk
If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Coupon Generates Green Bond Interest In Africa
Sustainable finance makes inroads in Africa.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
On The Tail Of Retail
Increasing competition, consumerization and the quest for a bigger wallet share have transaction banks eyeing retail divisions for inspiration.