Development Bank green bonds
IFC issued green masala bond for INR 3.15bn ($49.4m) (5-yr, 6.15%, AAA) with proceeds used to invest in Yes bank’s domestic green bond
1. That EBRD AAA, 5 year "environmental sustainability" bond I blogged yesterday is out; proceeds go to climate related investments. See the EBRD announcement at http://goo.gl/8HwOBH. And check out their FAQ. Coupon is 1.625%. There were 14 buyers: 51% US, 31% European, 18% Asian.
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is, according to a friendly source, planning a new $250 million, 4.5 year bond under their "Environmental Sustainability" bonds program. SEB and Morgan Stanley are currently testing investor demand on behalf of the bank.
I’m writing beside a beautiful lagoon on the tropical South Pacific island of Espiritu Santo, not far from where I was born and spent my early years.
Working on climate change introduces a note of melancholia to such holidays: how long before my waterside bungalow gets washed away in more extreme storm surges and rising sea levels? Does that bizarre tubular jellyfish that I managed to avoid snorkelling today represent the new dominant as oceans acidify?
At least there is good news on the energy front:
Following in the footsteps of other multi-national development banks like the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the IFC have decided to try Japanese retail investors. They've issued $135 million of green bonds, in four tranches, with the last three tranches out 17 Ma
