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Asset managers Head of Fixed Income hopes market expansion will eliminate need for the purely greenbond-focused vehicle within the next decade. Niche to mainstream evolution Storebrand stated that the fund was the first commercial greenbond fund, building on the first ever greenbond issued by the World Bank in 2008.
David Zahn , Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton , says new standards and innovations are expanding the supply of greenbonds to meet increased investor demand. Investor demand for green, social, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) continues to rise rapidly, outstripping supply.
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Benchmarked against the iBoxx Global Green, Social, Sustainability index, it will be assessed at the issuer level for both ESG-labelled debt, including sustainablebonds, and non-labelled debt. The fight against climatechange has driven strong growth momentum in the global greenbond market.
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