AfDB
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Two new working groups of the Green Bond Principles will begin work next week, on defining greenness and on impact reporting. The move is part of the green bond market’s effort to define itself more clearly, partly in the hope that governments might ultimately subsidise it. -
German agency KfW will take the sustainability criteria of banks into account when they pitch for its green bond business — a move that could ensure the growing SRI market keeps true to its founding principles. But as Craig McGlashan reports, the decision could also slash the number of banks involved in the sector, which has been one of the few bright spots in the public sector bond markets this year.
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African Development Bank brought in more than $600m of orders for a no-grow $500m December 2018 global green bond on Wednesday, a deal that bankers involved felt might not have worked as well without the socially responsible investment tag.
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The African Development Bank is set to bring a green bond as the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21) nears its end.
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Read on to see how far selected supranationals are through with their funding for the year.
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African Development Bank brought the solitary dollar benchmark of the SSA market this week, opting for a two year deal — which may become a sweet spot as the US Federal Reserve turns hawkish.
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The African Development Bank slipped in with a two year dollar syndication before a US Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, which was priced all but flat to the borrower’s curve.
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A supranational issuer has nipped in to mandate for a dollar deal before a meeting of the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee later this week.
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A supranational issuer is set to snap up a funding official from one of its peers — for the second time this year.
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Read on to see how far selected supranationals have progressed with their funding for the year.
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This week's scorecard features updates on the progress of selected supranationals through their funding programmes.
