S-E Asia ESG debt issuance lags global pace to fall for second straight quarter
Q2 2023 proceeds decline by 37.8 per cent year on year to US$3.2 billion amid broader debt market slowdown
ENVIRONMENTAL, social and governance (ESG) bond proceeds in South-east Asia shrank 37.8 per cent year on year to US$3.2 billion in the second quarter of 2023, in line with a wider downturn across debt markets due to high interest rates and economic uncertainty.
It was the second straight quarter of year-on-year decline, based on data from Refinitiv.
A similar downtrend hit ESG loans, with Q2 2023 loan amounts decreasing 22.5 per cent to US$3.7 billion from US$4.7 billion a year ago, the data showed.
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