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'Greenium is back' for Japanese sovereign transition bonds
04 June 2026The latest transaction in the Japanese 'climate transition' bond (CTB) programme suggests a "meaningful pocket of investor demand" for the instrument after a 'greenium' once again returned to the pioneering sovereign structure.
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Hong Kong raises €750m from first green bond in 2026
08 May 2026Hong Kong has strengthened its position as the largest sovereign sustainable bond issuer in the Asia Pacific region with a €750 million ($882 million) green bond.
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'Warm' Japan transition bond reception could be warmer still, says AFII
22 July 2025The increasingly "warm reception" for Japanese sovereign transition bonds is encouraging, but a think tank argues tackling the liquidity challenge and attracting international investors could be key to helping reverse the transactions' 'negative greenium'.
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Indonesia oil and gas firm urged to pioneer 'logical' methane-abatement SLB
02 June 2025Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina has a "logical opportunity" to issue a methane-abatement focused sustainability-linked bond (SLB) to provide an "attractive starting point" for investors to back its long-term transition.
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KEPCO drops sustainable bond label from US dollar issuance
05 February 2025South Korean utility firm Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has launched its first US dollar-denominated bond transaction without a sustainable bond label in years,...