We are extremely excited to welcome BlackRock Inc as our most recent Climate Bonds Partner. A global leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients, BlackRock manages $4.721 trillion of assets under management (as of June 30 2015). As of yesterday it has signed up as a Climate Bonds Partner.
Kevin Holt, Co-head of the Americas Fixed Income said:
Late Oct: London & Shanghai 28th, Singapore 29th, HK 30th
Nov: Shenzhen 2nd, Paris 3rd, Kuala Lumpur 3rd & 24th/25th, Bangkok 4th & 26th Delhi 5th, Mumbai 6th, Vienna 13th, Danang City 17th 18th, Beijing 10-11th & 19th
Thursday 29 Oct 2015 09:00 San Francisco / 10:00 Mexico City / 12:00 New York / 16:00 London / 17:00 Paris
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
Register here.
Wow! What a great start to Q4; issuance is gearing up for Paris! A wide range of issuers are pumping more green bonds into the market - both repeat issuers and new comers from Asia, Plus, we have analysis on what the CarbonCount metric means for investors and as always analysis on the green credentials of some recent issues.
Green Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
Hannon Armstrong’s second green ABS, $118.6m, will save 0.39 tons of GHG annually per $1,000! ($100.5m, 4.28%, 19 yr, A and $18.1m, 5.00%, 19 yr, BBB)
Image: Russian Railways, Railway Gazette
LONDON: 11:00 BST 21/10/2015: We are pleased to announce that major global asset manager Allianz Global Investors have become a Climate Bonds Partner today. The active investment manager manages €446bn (as of June 30, 2015) for institutional and retail investors and is also a signatory on the Climate Bonds Initiative’s Investor Statement re: green bonds and climate bonds.
Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors said:
Monday 26 Oct 2015 08:00 London / 09:00 Paris / 13:30 Delhi / 19:00 Sydney
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
Register here.
Q3 sees the biggest single issuance this year so far of $1.1bn (thanks to NWB Bank) and overall total issuance is $6.9bn for the quarter. The green bond market has slightly slowed from a high in Q2. But, it seems like the issuance is going up in size – the average in Q3 bonds ($204m) is well above the Q2 figure of ($144m).
Highlights positive role of green bonds and practical examples from around the world
Lima: Last week the UNEP Inquiry launched its final report ‘The Financial System We Need – Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development’. Another exciting output of a very busy time in Lima!
Actually USD 995 million in three separate bonds, but close enough to a billion. FinanceAsia has the first story.
