Green bonds are seen as a key instrument to unlock climate finance. While their volume has grown steadily in recent years, the impact of the ‘green’ label on the bond market is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the differences between the yield t
For the second consecutive quarter, China was the most prolific country by volume (US$48.2 billion, or 22% of the total), issuance (190 deals) and number of issuers (116). Social bonds comprised 15% (US$63.8 billion) of the H1 2022 volumes, with social issuance down by 57% from H1 ...
Therefore, it mainly targets the Chinese green bonds issued on the onshore market (82% of the total). To test the hypotheses, this article collected data on green-labeled bonds in China between 2016 and 2018. Data sources include archival data from the Wind database, the Bloomberg Terminal,...
With monetary policy and lending rules expected to tighten across the Chinese economy in 2018, BNEF expects green bonds will become a more popular tool for raising capital this year.
The first green bond was issued back in 2007 by the European Investment Bank, with the World Bank following suit a year later. It took a number of years for this market to establish itself, but it is now a staple segment of the fixed income asset class. Green bonds are...
Corporate green bonds To compile a database of corporate green bonds, I extract all corporate bonds in Bloomberg's fixed income database that are labeled as “green bonds” (more precisely, bonds for which the field “Green bond indicator” is “Yes”). I exclude bonds whose issuer's BICS...
bonds issued by ABN Amro that offer circa 30 bps (0.3%) pick-up in yield to non-green bonds. Note that while the greenium is the difference in yield, this does not imply that the differential is due to the fact that the bond is green and is driven by a wide range of different ...
By tracking the Benchmark Index which incorporates the criteria for selecting green bonds, the Investment Manager has determined that, at each index rebalance (or as soon as soon as reasonably possible and practicable thereafter), the Fund’s investments in bonds classified as green bonds by the ...
By tracking the Benchmark Index which incorporates the criteria for selecting green bonds, the Investment Manager has determined that, at each index rebalance (or as soon as soon as reasonably possible and practicable thereafter), the Fund’s investments in bonds classified as green bonds by the ...
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