HSBC and IFC emerging market green bond fund raises $538m

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HSBC Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today announced the final closing of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), boosting access to climate finance and helping further develop the market for green bonds. REGIO, the first green bond fund focused on well-diversified climate-smart investments in "real economy" issuers in emerging market countries, closed with total investor commitments of $538m following further investment from two European investors. REGIO uses both public and private ...

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Christopher Copper-Ind is editor-in-chief of International Investment. Before this, he was editorial director of The Business Year, from 2014 to 2017.