European Investment Bank
Leading from the front
European Investment Bank is one of the EU’s primary vehicles for achieving its sustainability goals and is therefore at the vanguard of European and global sustainable debt markets. The supranational tells KangaNews it aims to use this position to provide a blueprint for itself and others to implement ambitious sustainable-finance strategies.
EIB opens 2022 with record-breaking Kangaroo sustainability bond
European Investment Bank kicked off the 2022 Kangaroo market Wednesday, pricing the largest-ever Australian dollar green, social and sustainability bond from a supranational, sovereign and agency borrower. The issuer says pricing was attractive versus its core-currency markets as it seeks greater investor diversification through its green- and sustainability-funding programmes.
EIB prints A$1.5 billion sustainability-awareness bond
EIB launches five-year Kangaroo SAB
EIB exploring new Australian dollar SAB
New lease of life for blockchain bonds
Advocates touted early issuance of blockchain bonds as a sign of things to come but the market went quiet after a few transactions. Market participants say the blockchain-bond dream is alive, however, as recent central-bank moves to create digital currencies could solve several issues in the initial deals and help reboot the whole concept.
SSA Yearbook 2021
The annual guide to the world's most significant supranational, sovereign and agency sector issuers.
