AIAF, BME’s Fixed Income Market, has admitted to trading a green bond issue by ADIF-Alta Velocidad, with a value of €600 million.
The issue has a maturity of 8 years and will pay an annual interest of 1.25%. The securities’ nominal amount per unit is €100,000 and the placement is aimed at institutional investors.
The placement syndicate is made up by BBVA and Banco Santander.
Green bonds are debt securities issued to raise capital earmarked for the funding of projects that generate environmental or climate change-related benefits. The issuance of green bonds at world level reached a total volume of €35.9 billion in the first four months of the year.
ADIF-Alta Velocidad was the first state-owned company to issue under the green bond modality in Spain, with a €1 billion issue launched in July 2017.
