African Development Bank
Reverse enquiry spurs AfDB’s Kauri market return with SRI bond
African Development Bank (AfDB) made its first foray into the Kauri market in more than four years on 21 February, with a rapidly launched and priced 10-year socially responsible investment (SRI)-linked deal. The issuer and lead say the deal was made possible by reverse enquiry from Asia, and insist the theme and maturity present a positive development for the market.
Social-bond surge reaches Australian shores
African Development Bank (AfDB) added to a burgeoning list of Kangaroo social-bond issuers when it returned to the market on 8 June. The social label has of late come to rival green as the dominant format of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond issuance among supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) Kangaroo borrowers.
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SSA Yearbook 2020
The annual guide to the world's most significant supranational, sovereign and agency sector issuers.
