Social Bonds History & Market Today
In this video Keith highlights the social bond market timeline. The first social bond was introduced by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFM) in November 2006. Since, social issuance has emerged in covered, senior unsecured, senior preferred, and senior non-preferred format.
Overview
The first bond recognisable as a labelled social bond was issued in November 2006 by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm); a $1bn five-year offering of Vaccine Bonds. Supranationals anchored the market in its early years followed by government agencies; more latterly the market has expanded to financial and corporate issuers.
Key learning objectives:
What is IFFIm?
What role did IFFIm play in the development of the social bond market?
Summary
Expert
Keith Mullin
Keith is the founder and director of KM Capital Markets, a media and thought-leadership consultancy. He spent the past 35 years working in specialist capital markets media and has had a ring-side seat at all of the major market events. Prior to setting up KM Capital Markets in 2017, Keith worked at Thomson Reuters.
