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Turning 40 and realising you have not planned for retirement is a nightmare for some, for James Arben, it was a reality.
The saxophonist from London has spent his life touring, playing Glastonbury and even performing with Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. But while enjoying the moment he failed to plan for his future.
“I panicked when I got to 40 when I realised I had nothing outside of a tiny teachers’ pension I get for giving music lessons a couple of days a week,” he said.
Some managers are optimistic about what this growth in green bond issuance could mean for them. Bertrand Rocher, portfolio manager and senior credit analyst at Mirova, is encouraged by the spread and depth of issuance he is seeing. The growth in the number of green bonds and the now vast variety of players issuing such instruments from North America, Europe and Asia can only be a positive for all fixed income portfolio managers and clients who want to participate in the necessary environmental transition, said Rocher.
Green bonds have been issued by entities ranging from car manufacturers and financial institutions to utility companies and sovereign states.
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