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Hong Kong's MTR Corp raises €3B in largest-ever green bond sale

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Hong Kong's MTR Corporation has successfully raised €3 billion through its inaugural public euro green bond sale. This issuance represents the largest bond deal in the company's history and the biggest non-sovereign euro green bond offering from the Asia ex-Japan region. The funds raised will support new rail projects within Hong Kong, with the bond sale comprising three tranches of €1 billion each, maturing in eight, twelve, and twenty years. AI

RANK_REASON This is a significant funding round for a major infrastructure company, representing its largest bond deal to date and a notable green bond offering in the Asia ex-Japan region. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Denise Tsang ·

    Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation raises €3 billion in its first public euro green bond sale

    Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has raised €3 billion (HK$27.36 billion) by selling its first euro-denominated public green bonds, in its largest bond deal to date. The semi-privatised corporation said on Thursday that the sale also marked the largest Asia ex-Japan non-s…

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