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But you can also see that the number of countries where we have seen
In my view, this is why it is no surprise that Germany was one of the
first jurisdictions where we saw the first green bond issuance. Because
German covered bond issuers have collateral pools that are comprised of
both commercial real estate assets and residential real estate assets. Green
covered bonds issuance against 100% residential green collateral started
only last year with two issuers from Norway. This year, one additional
issue from France was added.
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social or sustainability issuance is far larger than the number of countries
where we have seen green issuance. And South Korea, where Korean
Housing Finance Corporation has actually issued two social bonds in
euros, is an example of this. Session I
I will go to this particular slide, because I think one of the important
aspects for issuers to choose between the senior unsecured market, and
the covered bond market for the green issuance is probably the access
to the green investor base. Where is the green investor base? As you can
see from the first picture, it is primarily with insurance companies or
with investment funds. Now the second picture gives you an indication
of distribution statistics in the senior unsecured market and the covered
bond markets. It nicely illustrates that investors like asset managers and
insurance companies are a more important investor base for the senior
unsecured market than for the covered bond market, where banks are
the most important investor base. So naturally to gain access to your
green investor base, it will probably be easier to do so via the senior
unsecured market than via a covered bond market.
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