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Month: November 2019

Deals

RBS pushes social agenda with €750m SME debut

27 November 2019

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group issued the first bond from a UK financial institution aligned with the Social Bond Principles on 8 November, a €750m six year non-call five social bond with proceeds earmarked for SME lending in deprived parts of the UK.

Deals

NordLB CBB sees first renewable covered bond capturing the zeitgeist

12 November 2019

NordLB Luxembourg Covered Bond Bank is set to launch the first renewable energy covered bond in the coming fortnight, a €300m five year, and the issuer told Sustainabonds it is confident the uniquely green legislative product will prove a timely addition to the market.

Deals

Strong Caffil green first ‘close to heart’ of SFIL’s mission

8 November 2019

Caffil attracted over €3bn of demand to the first ever green public sector covered bond on Tuesday, a €750m 10 year issue that Philippe Mills, CEO of Caffil parent SFIL, said is “close to the heart” of its mission, with green bonds complementing its social issuance.

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DKB €2bn-plus book ‘proof of concept’ for ‘blue’ social bond

3 November 2019

DKB sold a four times subscribed €500m five year “blue” social Pfandbrief focused on water and waste water services on Wednesday, with the Eurosystem and SRI investors among those helping the German issuer achieve an “outstanding” deal, according to its head of funding and IR.

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Green bonds ‘self-explanatory’ for Berlin Hyp after smooth senior preferred first

1 November 2019

Berlin Hyp issued its first green bond in senior preferred format and eighth overall on Monday, a €500m no-grow 10 year deal that attracted more than €1.2bn of demand, and head of funding and IR Bodo Winkler said the issuer had reached the point where its issuance was almost “self-explanatory”.

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Data and standards needed for CRE issuers to ‘surf green wave’

A lack of data and confusion over standards could thwart EU Taxonomy-compliant green bonds with commercial real estate as their use of proceeds, according to speakers in a Berlin Hyp-CBI event, but the ambition of the European initiative was welcomed.
  • Finanzagentur green twins ready to take next step forward

  • Corporates branch out in green and social bonds

  • CEB fast-tracks support, expands Social Inclusion Bonds

  • Sustainable development spurs NRW to forefront of market

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What's being read

  • Berlin Hyp set to be first bank to issue sustainability-linked bonds
  • DKB commits to sustainable-only issuance after negative GBS first
  • Taxonomy building changes welcomed, but critical concerns remain
  • EPC A label-only Taxonomy plan threatens green buildings issuance
  • Vdp sets minimum standards for Green Pfandbriefe

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  • Berlin Hyp set to be first bank to issue sustainability-linked bonds
  • Taxonomy building changes welcomed, but critical concerns remain
  • OP €750m green covered debut thrice subscribed to set 10s tight
  • Vdp aims to bolster Social Pfandbriefe with minimum standards
  • Hypo Tirol gets its ‘best ever’ result in Austrian social covered first
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  • The Week in Green (January 19th edition) | NordSip: […] world’s first green covered bond law has been proposed by Luxembourg’s ministry of finance to create a framework to…
  • Prolific Berlin Hyp plans green fourth, moves atop oekom ratings – SUSTAINABONDS: […] deal is a follow-up to a debut EUR500m seven year senior green bond the bank issued in September 2016.…
  • HLEG expert: Climate charges likelier than green risk weight cut – SUSTAINABONDS: […] Hosted by Norton Rose in London and held under the Chatham House Rule, the meeting was convened as part…

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