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Japanese retail investors will, for the first time, have the chance to invest in the International Finance Corporation's Masala programme after the supranational launched on Tuesday its first Masala Uridashi. -
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.
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Despite the currency tanking against the dollar in 2015, investment in Brazilian real denominated medium term notes remains healthy.
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Despite the currency tanking against the dollar in 2015, investment in Brazilian real denominated medium term notes is at a healthy level.
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Allocations for a $300m financing for Beijing Enterprises Water Group have been revealed with commitments coming in from 13 lenders.
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The International Finance Corporation and Rabobank sold a pair of medium term notes denominated in Chilean pesos this week. With some analysts predicting a rise in the price of copper, this could be a sign investors are looking to buy into a correlated currency.
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This week's scorecard looks at the funding progress of supranationals and their targets for 2016, where available.
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European Investment Bank has launched a rare, privately placed index-linked Climate Awareness Bond, while World Bank is offering retail investors the chance to buy similarly structured green paper.
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A supranational issuer has mandated for a green bond — a deal that could take issuance in the final three months of the year within touching distance of the busiest ever quarter for the instrument.
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Beijing Enterprises Water Group has returned to the international loan market for a $200m deal, which comes with a $100m greenshoe. The money is being raised under the International Finance Corp’s A/B programme, with the supranational as lender of record.
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India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) is looking to join the growing pipeline for offshore rupee-denominated bonds, or Masala bonds. Although this is encouraging for the country’s regulators who hope to internationalise its currency by promoting the asset class, market participants warn that there is a lot of work to be done before the first issue comes to fruition.
