Deals

KBC HoldCo green debut outdoes conventionals as market ripens

KBC joined the green bond market with a more than thrice-subscribed EUR500m debut on Wednesday, to give green financing power to its clients, according to a KBC official. The senior HoldCo deal was also priced with a substantially smaller premium than recent conventional supply despite markets having been choppy.

Deals

Austria’s RBI hits road for green senior debut

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is preparing to issue an inaugural green senior unsecured benchmark, embarking on a European roadshow today (Friday), in the latest step of a sustainability strategy that, it says, is based on the principles of group’s 19th century namesake.

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EeMAP draws 37 pilots to test green mortgage framework

Thirty-seven banks with a 45% share of European mortgage lending are participating in the pilot scheme of the Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative, which was launched yesterday (Thursday), under which they will test implementation of a new framework with a view to creating a final product.

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Sustainabonds Summer 2018

Please download our latest print edition of Sustainabonds magazine, our summer issue produced to coincide with the 2018 Green & Social Bond Principles AGM & Conference, co-hosted by ICMA and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on 14 June in Hong Kong, where you can also pick up a hard copy.