Marine Durrieu

Articles by Marine Durrieu

  • Green bond round-up, 25 April

    25 April 2018

    More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

  • Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018

    18 April 2018

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.

  • Green bond round-up - 11 April

    11 April 2018

    The government of Lithuania has announced plans to issue a sovereign green bond "at the end of April" to finance a 10-year, €68 million ($84 million), loan to the country's Public Investment Development Agency to fund renovations of 156 multi-apartment buildings that improve energy efficiency and reduce heating costs.

  • Green bonds round-up, 21 March 2018

    21 March 2018

    The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has priced its second 'social inclusion' bond. The €500 million ($614 million), seven-year bond carries a coupon of 0.375% and an issue price of 99.149%, giving a spread of 21 basis points below the mid-swaps rate.

  • Green bond round-up, 07 March 2018

    07 March 2018

    Californian real estate company Prologis has priced its inaugural green bond [LINK] at €300 million ($372.3 million).

  • Green bond round-up, 28 February 2018

    28 February 2018

    Growthpoint Properties is set to become the first South African corporate green bond issuer.

  • Green bond round-up 21 February 2018

    21 February 2018

    Malaysian investment institution Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) has raised MYR 5.65 billion ($1.44 billion) through a green sukuk programme.

  • Green bond round-up, 14 February 2018

    14 February 2018

    National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued the country's first residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) that includes a green tranche certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Green bond round-up, 17 January 2018

    17 January 2018

    Swedish bank SEB expects 2018 will be "a year of consolidation and more modest growth" for green bond issuance than in 2017, with potential to grow 12% year-on-year, to $175 billion.

  • Green bonds round-up, 6 December 2017

    06 December 2017