Lyxor AM has unveiled an ETF that tracks sovereign Eurozone green bonds amid strong interest from investors considering a pure exposure to this specific segment.
The Lyxor Euro Government Green Bond (DR) UCITS ETF was listed on Euronext on 6 July with a total expense ratio of 0.2%. Further listings will follow on Xetra, London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana in the coming weeks. The number of sovereign green bond issuers globally more than doubled in 2020 to 18 countries. At the end of 2020, $97.7bn of sovereign green, sustainability and social bonds had been issued from 22 countries. Florence Barjou appointed Lyxor CIO The Climate Bonds Initiative foresees the overall green bond market (which reached $1.27trn cumulated issuance globally...
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