The EMEA Loan Markets in 2040: Sustainability Goes Mainstream
By 2040, sustainability may no longer be viewed as a specialist segment of the loan markets. It may simply be part of how lenders assess risk, resilience and long term value. If you listen to some of the headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking ESG is on life support. Over the past two years, […]
CEO monthly update September 2026
Here we are, heading into the final quarter of 2026. September has seen us at home have the Back to School, Back to University, and Back to Full-on Diary Squeeze. Perhaps one of the most understated benefits of the summer is the slowdown in all the diarised activities and commitments. My summer was amazing. Thank […]
CEO monthly update July 2026
I trust you are all enjoying the start of summer and hopefully have some downtime ahead over August. With the holiday period getting into full flow, I will take a pause on the monthly update and return at the end of September – which of course will be a fully loaded month but more of […]
Message from LMA Chief of Staff – March 2026
And so we find ourselves at the end of Q1 already. You can tell the LMA and Scott have been flat out and are ready for an Easter break – not just by the sheer amount of stuff we’ve done, but by the fact Scott has made this monthly update a Chief of Staff takeover. […]
International Women’s Day 2026: Gender Is Not a Cause — It’s a Pricing Error
International Women’s Day is often framed as a moment for reflection, celebration, or renewed moral commitment. Those narratives have their place. But for capital markets, they miss the point. Because gender is not primarily a question of values. It is a question of whether markets are allocating capital efficiently. Markets are designed to identify value, […]
What does 2026 have in store for sustainability? The LMA’s top 5 predictions
Sustainability in the investment industry has evolved significantly in recent years, with 2025 marking a pivotal shift toward realism, pragmatism, and value creation. Despite a decline in global sustainable debt issuance, momentum remained strong, with $6.2tn of green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked debt issued in H1 2025. Looking ahead to 2026, sustainable debt markets are […]
What happened at COP 30? Progress, challenges and the path forward for climate action
The dust has settled on this year’s climate negotiations. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) took place in Belém, Brazil in November. The location was symbolically important for climate, nature, and indigenous communities. And, for the first time, the world said in unison: ‘the global transition to […]