green bond

Sydney-based Dann to lead SocGen’s sustainable finance unit across Asia Pacific after previously running Australia and New Zealand.

Investors from Asia and Europe were on the oversubscribed deal, which was managed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, NAB, UBS and Westpac. Proceeds will be used for projects such as hydrogen hubs.

The regional leader in green bonds will keep looking at labelling and internationally aligned standards, such as the common ground taxonomy with the EU, experts discussed at ICMA's inaugural summit. Meanwhile transition finance taxonomies are being rolled out in Chinese provinces.

In January, the government of Hong Kong announced Apac’s largest US dollar green bond issuance to date. It has since made headlines with other innovative green bond deals.

The new China-Singapore Green Finance Taskforce is expected to facilitate easier access to green bonds in both markets through stock exchange connections and digital trading.

Investor education and engagement have proven key to the success of the Hong Kong Airport Authority’s recent green bond issuances.

The transaction achieves a global first for any government issuer and marks the first tokenised bond to be issued under Hong Kong law.

The issuance marks the city-state’s first ever 50-year bond and the longest-tenor green bond issued by a sovereign to date.

New World Development becomes the first Asian corporate to issue a USD-denominated dual-tranche social and green offering in the public bond markets.