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Green bonds
Latest news, analysis and commentary about the sale of fixed-income financial products to finance environmentally sustainable infrastructure projects and business activities.
Visitors listen to a lecture at the China pavilion at the UN’s COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. Photo: EPA-EFE
Yuan

In overseas first, China to issue sovereign green bonds in London

Move was first flagged at UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue in January.

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Hong Kong economy

Explainer | How big is Hong Kong’s debt? The Post unpacks the city’s bond financing

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Banking & finance

Chinese investment bank CICC cleared to operate in Dubai financial centre

Business of climate change

Citigroup, BofA join US lenders in leaving global climate-banking alliance

US banks are under pressure from Republican lawmakers to distance themselves from industry groups that support reducing carbon emissions.

Citigroup is the world’s No. 4 underwriter of green bonds since the start of the decade. Photo: Reuters
Macau

Bond listings in Macau hit record, stronger growth seen in 2025

Bonds issued and listed on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange surged 46 times this year compared with US$600 million in 2018.

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Banking & finance

Exclusive | French bank Credit Agricole CIB backs Hong Kong as Asian hub amid trade war

Bank has strong capability in yuan trading, green finance and infrastructure development, CEO Xavier Musca says.

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Bonds

Hong Kong’s infrastructure bond offering excites retail investors

This is the second retail bond offering following last month’s HK$50 billion Silver Bond sale under the city’s new infrastructure bond framework.

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The bond sale is Hong Kong’s attempt to engage its residents and be part of its infrastructure development plans. Photo: Elson Li
Climate change

Opinion | Asia is emerging as an unlikely champion in race to net zero

The region’s journey to carbon neutrality highlights both the challenges of moving away from fossil fuels and the great potential for progress.

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Banking & finance

HKMA wants to continue developing Greater Bay Area, expand connect schemes

The de facto central bank will work with mainland authorities to develop the Greater Bay Area and expand cross-border trading, CEO Eddie Yue says.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong HK$50 billion Silver Bonds issue a ‘win-win investment’: Paul Chan

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says bonds will offer elderly residents a safe and reliable place to park their money.

Silver Bonds are an investment option for Hong Kong residents aged 60 and above. Photo: Eugene Lee
Bonds

Investors eat up dim sum bonds from Guangdong province, Hong Kong’s MTR

Issuance of offshore yuan-denominated bonds has jumped 28 per cent this year, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

Issuance of so-called dim sum bonds exceeded 465 billion yuan (US$65 billion) in the first half of 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
ESG investing

Hong Kong has strengths to aid sustainability goals in mainland China: survey

Hong Kong can provide intellectual support in terms of talent and guidance on capital flows, according to a research report on sustainability trends.

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Banking & finance

China pledges support for green finance in dense, sprawling economic zone

Guidelines have been issued for green finance in China’s economic nerve centre as the country continues its journey to decarbonisation.

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Climate change

Opinion | How Hong Kong can be a climate change superconnector

The city can take a two-pronged approach, accelerating local decarbonisation while helping finance the climate transition across Asia.

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A photovoltaic system installed by the Water Supplies Department floats at the Shek Pik Reservoir to collect reference data for the future implementation of large-scale floating solar farms on reservoirs in Hong Kong, in September 2021. Photo: Martin Chan
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

A steady hand in rough Hong Kong monetary waters

Eddie Yue Wai-man’s reappointment for a second five-year term as head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is good news. Yue has amply proved himself over the past five difficult years. The next five years will be just as challenging, if not more so.

Eddie Yue Wai-man, reappointed for a second term as chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, must demonstrate the city’s continuing vitality as a world-class financial hub while maintaining confidence in the viability of the US-HK dollar peg. Photo: Dickson Lee
Bonds

Guangdong joins ‘dim sum’ bond feast with US$1 billion sale in Hong Kong, Macau

Province’s move follows Shenzhen’s announcement of a US$964.4 million sale of offshore yuan-denominated bonds as China pushes to internationalise its currency and boost Hong Kong’s hub role.

Banking & finance

Shenzhen authority sells 7 billion yuan of ‘dim sum’ bonds in Hong Kong

The fourth offering in the last four years, which will fund an array of infrastructure projects, brings total funds raised to US$3 billion.

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Bonds

Hong Kong raises US$3.2 billion via multicurrency green bond

Hong Kong’s government raised US$3.2 billion via green bonds denominated in US dollars, euros and offshore yuan in the city’s latest push to establish itself as a sustainable finance hub.

Proceeds raised will be used to finance projects that provide environmental benefits and support sustainable development, the HKMA said. Photo: Getty Images
Banking & finance

Hong Kong hires banks for sale of green bonds to raise dollar, euro, offshore yuan funds

Hong Kong unveiled plans for a multi-tranche sale of green bonds in dollar, euro and offshore yuan currencies to raise funds for financing projects under the government’s green bond framework.

Hong Kong environmental issues

The View | Financiers can be Hong Kong’s superpower in biodiversity ambitions

New-found interest of financial professionals and corporate leaders in conservation is welcome surprise as city updates biodiversity strategy.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong government leads Asia in green-bond issuance, fifth largest globally

City’s sustainable debt market issuance grew 236 per cent year on year in 2023 to US$18.2 billion, according to Climate Bonds Initiative.

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Visitors pose for photos inside the “Lost in the Woods” bamboo-themed maze, during an event at Wan Chai Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong on March 20, 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee
Business of climate change

Hong Kong to host city’s largest Asia-focused green finance training event

Empowering Sustainability Prosperity in Asia will focus on fostering the low-carbon transition in southeast, central, and east Asia.

Commercial buildings stand on Hong Kong Island in a 2022 file photo. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Business of climate change

China climate-focused funds saw higher inflows, but fewer launches last year

Climate-focused funds in China saw a decline in assets and product launches last year despite an uptick in inflows, with the funds prone to huge volatility because of speculative trading, according to Morningstar.

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Business of climate change

JPMorgan pushes framework for capital seekers to make sustainability commitments

A draft disclosure framework aims to help capital seekers attract money to plug a severe funding gap for the UN’s 2030 development goals, especially in emerging markets.

China economy

Letters | China’s local governments missing out on benefits of green bonds

Readers discuss a little-tapped funding source for China’s indebted local governments, why the waste charging plan failed, and the continuing need for English language training.

Workers install photovoltaic panels in Zhongwei, in China’s northern Ningxia region on May 9. Research has shown that nearly 20 per cent of the bonds put on the market by local governments in 2022 could potentially qualify as green bonds. Photo: AFP
Banking & finance

HSBC veteran banker urges Hong Kong’s youth to be wary of generative AI

Generative AI is adding uncertainty to an already uncertain world, but Hong Kong can cope with the challenges by leveraging its hub status and acting as a gateway to China, according to HSBC’s Peter Wong.

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Peter Wong is non-executive Asia-Pacific chairman of HSBC and chairman of City University’s international advisory board. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Hong Kong introduces green finance taxonomy to boost fundraising credentials

The HKMA has issued a ‘green taxonomy’ framework to help banks and investors determine the sustainability of economic activities, the latest effort to boost the city’s standing as a green finance centre.

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Business of climate change

‘Loopholes’ endanger Hong Kong’s status as green finance hub: Greenpeace

The city needs to set financing volume targets, restrict fossil fuel financing and enact a specialised anti-greenwashing law, environmental group says.

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