Green Bond

A player in ecological and social transition, CNP Assurances announces the successful issue of its first sustainable bond, carried out on January 11, 2023, for an amount of €500 million. The fixed annual coupon is 5,25% until july 18, 2033 and then will be floating beyond this date and until its maturity.

Interview with Tammie Tang, portfolio manager of the Threadneedle (Lux) European Social Bond and Simon Bond, director, responsible investment at Columbia Threadneedle Investments about the social bond market and their fund dedicated to this investment segment...

Having the highest amount of sustainable-linked sources in its funding structure, VakıfBank successfully completed its second bond issuance within the sustainable finance program. The coupon rate of USD 500 million Eurobond with 5 years maturity has been set at 5.5% which is 62.5 basis points below the initial level, attracting worldwide investor interest.

Moscow - rated BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s - placed its first issue of "green bonds" on the Moscow Stock Exchange (Moex) in May 2021, for an amount of 70 billion rubles (RUB), about 780 million euros.

Société du Grand Paris came to the market with its first Green Bond in 2021. This May-46 €2bn 0.875% offering is the seventh transaction off their “Green Euro Medium Term note” programme, the first ever 100% Green EMTN ever created. Over 120 investors showed interest, with total demand surpassing €4.7bn (excl. JLM interest).