This is the third green bond fund launched by the BIS. It will help channel central bank reserves to green projects in the Asia and Pacific region.
February 28, 2022Finance Secretary Paul Chan announced measures to further reform Hong Kong's listing rules, promote the bond market, and introduce yuan share trading in the city.
February 24, 2022Hong Kong financial secretary Paul Chan said the issuance allows residents to "directly contribute to greening Hong Kong and share the fruit of the sustainable development".
February 18, 2022JPX plans to issue the bond to help it achieve carbon neutrality, while at the same time enabling investors to track its progress over time.
February 15, 2022Mark Uhrynuk and Alexander Burdulia discuss taxonomies that have been developed, how asset managers are already applying them, and the associated challenges.
February 8, 2022The framework sets out a roadmap on how the government intends to raise green, social and sustainability bonds, loans, and other debt instruments in international capital markets.
January 17, 2022$18bn worth of loans were disbursed under a new measure that enables FIs to receive zero-interest funds from the central bank against efforts to address climate change.
January 3, 2022A consistent approach to taxonomies is necessary to help mobilise capital towards sustainable solutions, said ICMA's Ricco Zhang.
November 26, 2021A 20-year tranche issued under the Green Bond Programme is the longest tenor euro-denominated bond issued by an Asian government to date.
November 23, 2021The Department of Finance is finalising a sustainable finance framework for the issuance of the Philippines' first-ever sovereign green bonds.
November 23, 2021