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ROUNDTABLE: Striving to make sustainability mainstream

An ANZ-sponsored roundtable, jointly held in Sydney and Auckland, heard how an ever-sharper focus on green, social and sustainability (GSS) debt will help foster new industry norms for issuers and investors alike.

By ANZ

Australia’s Wesfarmers advances sustainability bond market

The company has issued the first sustainability-linked bond into the Australian-dollar medium-term note market.

June 22, 2021

DBS pioneers automated digital bond issuance platform

The DBS Fixed Income Execution (FIX) Marketplace paves the way for the digital transformation of capital markets in Asia.

June 22, 2021

SUSTAINABLE FINANCING POLL 2021: Greening Asia Pacific’s debt markets

Appetite to issue and buy green, social and sustainability (GSS) instruments continues to grow, with ever-more sophisticated borrowers and investors taking a pragmatic view on the need for more uniformity and market standards, finds the 4th annual poll by ANZ and FinanceAsia.

By ANZ

StanChart executes first Green Banker’s Guarantee in Singapore

This marks the bank’s first such transaction in ASEAN, issued as part of the contractual requirements for ENGIE’s District Cooling Project at Punggol Digital District.

June 15, 2021

DBS security token offering paves way for digital bond ecosystem

This inaugural issue creates a new avenue for issuers, investors and dealer banks to interact digitally on a seamless platform.

June 01, 2021

Asia faces $190 billion of ‘tough legacy bonds’ as LIBOR transition looms

Accelerated action is required by issuers as the transition from LIBOR to risk free rates looms, say Bloomberg and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

May 25, 2021

Stricter Chinese bond rules to hamper weaker companies, says Moody’s

Tighter guidelines on corporate bond issuance in Shanghai and Shenzhen will limit the access of weaker companies to the onshore bond market and also lower their liquidity, suggests Moody’s Investors Service.

May 18, 2021

Sustainable bond volumes hit record $231 billion in Q1, says Moody’s

Combined green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond issuance more than tripled year-over-year, with sustainable bonds likely to account for 8% to 10% of total global debt issuance in 2021.

May 11, 2021