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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.
Hong Kong already ranks among the world’s leading financial centres and leads Asia in green and sustainable bond issuance. Photo: Sam Tsang
Climate change

Opinion | How Hong Kong can distinguish itself as a climate finance hub

The city should lead by directing capital to projects that modernise grids, electrify transport and accelerate green supply chains.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

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Banking & finance

Editorial | Hong Kong breaks new fintech ground with tokenised green bond

Bonds

Hong Kong extends digital bond ambitions with third offering

Government looking to sell digital green bonds denominated in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, euros and offshore yuan, sources say.

If successfully priced, the sale would be Hong Kong’s third since 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang
Banking & finance

Exclusive | Property credit quality issues manageable for Hong Kong banks: HKMA’s Eddie Yue

The banking sector next year has more opportunities than challenges, HKMA’s chief executive says.

Green finance

Hong Kong bolsters green finance hub role with new global building certificates

City’s Green Building Council issues first BEAM Plus global certificate to a complex in the East African country of Djibouti.

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong and UAE forge historic financial ties with ETF cross-listings

Strengthened collaboration reflects growing participation by Middle Eastern funds as cornerstone investors in recent Hong Kong IPOs.

A train runs over a section of Dubai’s Palm Monorail, with a backdrop of the city’s high rise buildings on August 28, 2025. The monorail connects the Palm Jumeirah to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro. The line, which is the first monorail in the Middle East opened in April 2009. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
Hong Kong economy

‘Very valuable’ role for Hong Kong in helping UN body reach green finance goals

Siddhartha Sinha, head of innovative finance at the UNHCR, says forging ‘good partnerships’ will help city as it taps into Islamic financing.

Banking & finance

China’s belt and road investments plays to Hong Kong’s strengths: HSBC

City set for bigger role in green finance, offshore yuan as initiative shifts towards private sector-led projects, economist says.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s sustainable debt market grows 15% on eve of Green Week

First-half issuances reach US$34.3 billion amid strong demand from international investors in Europe and the US, HKMA official says.

Tibetan sheep graze amid solar panels in Hainan prefecture of western China’s Qinghai province on July 1, 2025. Photo: AP
Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s crop of green bonds, ESG funds flourishes

City’s role as a bridge connecting mainland projects with the world ‘not easily found in other markets’, financial-services secretary says.

A photo taken on July 3, 2025, shows wind turbines on Meihua Mountain in Liupanshui, in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s deficit rises to HK$115.9 billion, up 25% in 1 month

Results for first four months of 2025-26 do not take into account revenue from salaries, profits taxes later in the year, government says.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong urged to make itself ‘truly the world’s green financial centre’

US economist Jeffrey Sachs says Hong Kong’s role in sustainable development is ‘becoming central for the whole world’.

Green finance

Opinion | How Hong Kong and EU can team up on green finance and climate action

The EU’s leadership on climate action and green growth dovetails with Hong Kong’s potential as a hub for green finance.

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Hong Kong issued a very hot weather warning signal on October 19 last year. Scientists have warned that we have only three years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Photo: Nora Tam
Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s huge multicurrency bond deal oversubscribed by global investors

Green and infrastructure bonds totalling HK$27 billion (US$3.44 billion) were denominated in Hong Kong dollars, yuan, US dollars and euros.

The Hong Kong government’s multicurrency green and infrastructure bonds attracted subscriptions from more than 30 markets. Photo: Eugene Lee
Climate change

Opinion | China must resist greenwashing its dirty coal habit with green bonds

Can China credibly claim climate leadership while doubling down on its dirtiest fuel?

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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

Experts have called for the government to issue more bonds for infrastructure investment ahead of Paul Chan’s budget speech.

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Many experts have called for the government to bolster the city’s dwindling reserves by issuing more bonds to fund infrastructure investment. Photo: Dickson Lee
Banking & finance

Chinese investment bank CICC cleared to operate in Dubai financial centre

Licence is ‘a big step forward’ for cross-border deals in the United Arab Emirates, CEO of Dubai Financial Services Authority says.

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.

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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Macau is making an effort to diversify its tourism and casino-dominated economy. Photo: Eugene Lee
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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Xavier Musca, CEO of Credit Agricole CIB, said the bank will not scale down its activities in China or in Asia because of the threat of a trade war. Photo: Sun Yeung
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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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.

HKMA CEO Eddie Yue starts his second five-year term on Tuesday. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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.

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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