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Viva Mexico! Viva Nafin! First Mexican green bond – issued by Nafin & certified under the Climate Bond standard making it the first certified green bond in Latin America ($500m, 3.41%, BBB+ / A3, 5 yrs)

Submitted on Thu, 2015-11-05 00:00

The Mexican state-owned development bank, Nacional Financiera S.N.C (Nafin), issued its inaugural green bond of $500m. The bond is the first green bond in Mexico, and also the first green bond in Latin America to receive internationally recognised Climate Bonds Certification by the

BlackRock becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Submitted on Tue, 2015-11-03 00:00

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.

Over $3bn green bonds issued in Oct already! $1.25bn by EDF; $994.5m+ by Agricultural Bank of China; another DC Water GB $100m, repeated issuances, gossip and more!

Submitted on Mon, 2015-10-26 18:08

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)