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The increasing breadth and depth of the SRI investor base has provided new opportunities for individual issuers to fund in the capital markets, but its growth is also sparking innovative instruments with the potential to harness private sector capital for huge social gains. Steve Gilmore reports.
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The arrival of the first benchmark-sized green bond in February — a $1bn three year offering from the International Finance Corporation — was a landmark event in the development of the growing market for themed SRI bonds. But plenty of obstacles to growth remain. For green and SRI issuance to really take off, new issuers must be encouraged to bring deals. Another issue that needs to be tackled in this growing market is how a green or SRI bond should be defined, whether issuance should be regulated or rated, and if so, how. EuroWeek met key issuers, bankers and some investors in New York in mid-September to discuss whether 2013 is a turning point, and what new borrowers can learn from the market’s pioneers.
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Islamic finance is one of the earliest codes for socially responsible investment and has gained increasing popularity with Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Its selection criteria dovetail well with those of other SRI investor types and finding common ground between these approaches could create a richer, more robust market. Dan Alderson reports.
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Despite a glittering start to the year for all SSA borrowers, market volatility has meant that even KfW has had to time its deals carefully in 2013. Nathan Collins discovers how the German development agency has gone about raising its hefty borrowing requirement in a tricky market.
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank returned to the public dollar bond market in style this year. Having started 2013 with a government loan still to pay off, it used a series of stellar transactions across currencies and asset classes to improve the cost, tenor and capital treatment of its funding. Steve Gilmore reports.
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The Republic of Indonesia faces a challenging remainder of the year as it must borrow more from the international markets to fill a widening current account deficit at a time when tapering talk in the US and weakening fundamentals at home are making it more difficult to attract investors, writes Frances Yoon.