Sustainable Finance
CASE STUDY: Omega Geração Assurua Wind Purchase Financed with Innovative Four-Part Debenture Scheme
Omega Geração S.A., one of Brazil’s top renewables players, debuted in the local debenture markets earlier this year with a carefully tailored four-part transaction that could serve as a template for corporates looking to finance infrastructure by tapping the country’s diverse liquidity pools.
5 Sept 2019
Actis Focussed on Renewables, Infrastructure and Developing Local Capital Markets in Brazil
Bonds & Loans interviews Bruno Moraes, Director (Energy) at Actis, about investment prospects in the Brazilian markets, Actis's focus on renewables and their new infrastructure fund.
31 Jul 2019
Majid Al Futtaim’s Treasury Head on Why Going Green is About More than Just Marketing
UAE-based lifestyle conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim broke new ground earlier this year when the company placed the world’s first benchmark-sized corporate green sukuk. Bonds & Loans spoke with John Arentz, Head of Treasury at Majid Al Futtaim, about the company’s green capital markets debut, the strategy underpinning the transaction, and why – green bond or not – treasurers need to bolster their…
26 Jul 2019
Red Hot Chile Paper: Orders Soar for Latin America’s First Sovereign Green Bond
Chile’s impeccably timed and well-executed deal saw a near 10x oversubscription on its dual-tranche green issuance worth nearly USD2.4bn (equivalent), which also became the sovereign’s first new issue with a negative NIP concession.
19 Jul 2019
CASE STUDY: Acciona Formalizes First ESG-Linked Loan in Chilean Markets
Following a successful debut in the European ESG-linked loan space in February, Acciona repeated the move with a dual-tranche dual-currency transaction worth USD30mn in Chile, only the third ESG linked loan in Latin America.
3 Jul 2019
Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Debt Head Sees New Opportunities in Telecoms, Renewables
Hadley Peer Marshall, Managing Director of Infrastructure Debt at Brookfield speaks with Bonds & Loans about managing local currency constraints when investing in infrastructure in Latin America, and new sectors generating investment opportunities.
28 Jun 2019
CASE STUDY: Russian Railways’ EUR500mn Issue is Russia’s First Green Eurobond
In May, Russian Railway’s issued the country’s first benchmark size Green Bond raising EUR500mn in 8-year notes. Capitalising on a warmer funding environment, as well as the company’s strong capital markets track-record, the transaction also marked the lowest-ever yield on a Russian issuance - generating an order book that was over 3.5x oversubscribed.
25 Jun 2019
How to Price In Human Risk and Other Intangibles
ESG – shorthand for environmental, social and governance – considerations are increasingly being prioritised by organisations, investors and lenders alike. But quantifying its influence on credit risk and funding is proving to be quite elusive. A group of former finance professionals and academics is trying to change that by putting “intangibles” like human risk, corporate culture and values at…
19 Jun 2019
Securities Commission Malaysia: SRI Sukuk Broadens Investor Base that Participate in SDGs
Malaysia has been pioneering the sustainable Islamic finance market well before the country’s 2014 launch of the Sustainable and Responsible investment (SRI) Sukuk framework. Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, Deputy Chief Executive of Malaysia’s Securities Commission, says the country needs to build on the seven SRI sukuk issued to date and pull more borrowers from the private sector into the…
23 May 2019
Total Eren: ECAs Key to Argentine Power Funding as Banks Sit Out the Volatility
RenovAr, Argentina’s flagship solar and renewables programme, has struggled in recent months due to the severe macroeconomic challenges weighing on the country. But as the country’s markets stabilise, developers focused on the region remain cautious as upcoming elections later this year could result in a change of direction. We speak with Martin Parodi, Managing Director, Total Eren Argentina,…
14 May 2019