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A Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) is a fixed income instrument where its financial and/or structural characteristics are tied to predefined Sustainability/ESG objectives. [1] The objectives are measured through predefined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and evaluated against predefined Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs).
Sustainability bonds and sustainability-linked loans have amounted to $244 billion and $226.6 billion, respectively, while green loans have totaled $132.9 billion, Bloomberg Intelligence data shows.
Sustainability Bonds are fixed-income financial instruments where the proceeds will be exclusively used to finance or re-finance a combination of Green and Social Projects and which are aligned with the four core components of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bonds Principles and Social Bonds principles.
September 15, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Eurobonds created a new market in borrowing in US dollars offshore to avoid US tax regulations, but this itself introduced new problems with settlement and regulation across different jurisdictions. In response a group of bond dealers representing banks and securities firms established the Association of International Bond Dealers (AIBD) in 1969.
This was the world's first 'sustainability linked loan', having a margin linked to ESG Key Performance Indicators. [6] [7] URW/LBG was shortly followed by ING Group arranging a sustainability-linked loan to Philips. Both facilities coupled the interest rate of the loans to the company's sustainability performance, either by reference to an ...
The iBoxx bond index family, which launched in 2001, was the first comprehensive suite of independent, transparent and multiple-contributor priced bond indices. iBoxx was ) created by the International Index Company Limited (IIC), which was acquired by Markit Group Limited in 2007. [1]
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