The LGX Monthly Roundup
This month, we bring you a partnership with BRVM, KfW's green bond milestone and much more.
Joining forces with West-African regional exchange BRVM
On 14 October, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) to strengthen sustainable finance in the eight West-African countries covered by BRVM: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
The ceremony was held in the presence of Dr Edoh Kossi Amenounve, CEO of BRVM and Corinne Ormon, Director of the National Stock Exchange Antenna of Côte d'Ivoire.
The ceremony was held in the presence of Dr Edoh Kossi Amenounve, CEO of BRVM and Corinne Ormon, Director of the National Stock Exchange Antenna of Côte d'Ivoire.
Marking KfW’s EUR 50 bngreen bond milestone
As the reference listing venue for KfW’s green bonds, we recently celebrated its milestone of EUR 50 billion in total green bond issuance since 2014 in a Ring the Bell ceremony.
Björn Schlehbach, Senior Funding Manager at KfW, Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets at KfW and Heike Jantsch, Counsellor at the German Embassy in Luxembourg joined our CEO Julie Becker and Director of International Capital Markets Arnaud Delestienne to mark this important achievement.
Björn Schlehbach, Senior Funding Manager at KfW, Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets at KfW and Heike Jantsch, Counsellor at the German Embassy in Luxembourg joined our CEO Julie Becker and Director of International Capital Markets Arnaud Delestienne to mark this important achievement.
Kicking off the HLEG with Laetitia Hamon
It is our great pleasure to announce that our Head of Sustainable Finance Laetitia Hamon has been appointed to the European Commission’s prestigious High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on scaling up sustainable finance in low- and middle-income countries.
Congratulations to Laetitia on this important recognition!
News from the LGX Academy
We recently gathered former course participants on our premises for the very first Alumni networking event of the LGX Academy. The event was also the opportunity to announce some of the exciting projects our teams are working on:
- A brand-new course module dedicated to Gender Finance
- A new partnership with experts to provide specialised sessions beyond the Capital Markets industry
- An e-learning platform to facilitate your learning process
If you too would like to join the LGX Academy and get access to the knowledge you need to define your sustainable finance strategy and reach your sustainability objectives, sign up for our upcoming course with guest lecturer Antoine Peter, Manager at Arendt:
The EU Taxonomy in practice: how to advance funds and capital markets - 9 November 2022
If you would like to find out all about our team of expert lecturers and take a sneak peek at the insights and expertise they share with our students, make sure to read our series of interviews here.
LuxSE is proud to sponsor Climate Bonds Connect 2022
This year, Climate Bonds Initiative’s flagship global conference will take place on 20 October 2022 in London, and will be broadcasted live for online participants. Focused on the topic ‘Mobilising $5 trillion of Climate Bonds per year by 2025', the event will address the most relevant topics combining science, policy and finance.
Luxembourg sustainability bond's second report
In the second edition of the post-issuance report of their inaugural sustainability bond, the Luxembourg Government details the allocation of the EUR 331.5 m invested in 2021.
The report also describes the investments of the total proceeds of EUR 1.5 bn in at least 65 green and social projects from seven different sectors. The full allocation of the proceeds is planned to come to term at the end of the budget year 2022.
The report also describes the investments of the total proceeds of EUR 1.5 bn in at least 65 green and social projects from seven different sectors. The full allocation of the proceeds is planned to come to term at the end of the budget year 2022.
Zooming in on new displays
Zoomwe Hong Kong New Energy Technology is making its debut on LGX with a USD 140 m green bond. This new listing comes only a few months after we signed a cooperation agreement with Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange (MOX) to create a channel for securities listed on MOX to be registered on LuxSE’s Securities Official List.
Danish renewable energy company Ørsted brought three new green bonds to LGX. The proceeds, totalling USD 2 bn, will finance renewable energy projects, in line with the firm's target to have 50GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030. In terms of sustainable bond issuance, 2022 is now Ørsted's greatest year to date.
LGX Stats as at 31 August
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