Finland lists first green bond on LSE with $500m issuance
Dec 15, 2016 By Roger Aitken Finland’s leading provider of financial services in the country to local government and public housing sectors, Municipality Finance (MuniFin), opened trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to mark the listing of its first ever green bond, a $500 million (m) benchmark-sized issuance, on the 200-year old exchange. The 5-year bond carrying a 1.48% annual yield listed on the LSE’s Green Bond Segment, which launched last year as a world first to provide a new range of green fixed-income funding options for issuers and investors. The issue met with high global investor support and was oversubscribed within a few hours of the launch.