London, 31st July 2023: Last week the University of Oxford announced the winners of a new prize in green finance, the ‘Insight Investment – University of Oxford Prize for Greening Finance’, with two categories for outstanding research and for outstanding service, open to individuals and not-for-profit research teams. As a Nominating Partner for the inaugural Prize, ELFA would like to congratulate the winner of the outstanding service category, Mary Schapiro, Vice Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, Chair of the Climate Data Steering Committee, and former Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the winner of the outstanding research category, Professor Caroline Flammer, Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Climate at Columbia University.
It is fantastic to see awards like this emerge, that drive more of a spotlight on green finance and to recognise the world class academics who provide rigorous financial market analysis needed for investment solutions.
Please see the press release for more information on the prize and the 2023 winners.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Irem Sukan, Marios Halloumis and Glenn Oliver Anderson as the new Co-Chairs of the ESG Committee. Irem, Marios and Glenn will take over from Tina De Baere, Oliver Newman and Lily Baik following their decisions to step down.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has published a summary of industry roundtables, held in response to its recent Open Letter (“Taking Stock of Market Standards on Disclosure, Process, and Engagement in the European Leveraged Finance Market”) which highlighted persistent concerns around limited disclosure, overly compressed deal timelines, and increasingly restrictive transferability terms, all of which are undermining efficiency and resilience in Europe’s leveraged finance market.
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA), in collaboration with global law firm Akin, has today published the second issue in its Transferability Series, focusing on the evolving use of whitelists in leveraged finance documentation.
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