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MTR Corp’s HK$18.8 billion green bond sale sets local currency record

South China Morning Post · · 214 words · By Lam Ka-sing
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“The MTR Corporation has sold HK$18.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in green bonds”
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Multiple web search results, including a report from SCMP and another news snippet, confirm that MTR Corporation sold HK$18.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in green bonds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MTR Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港鐵路有限公司) is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular publi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_Corporation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airport Express (Chinese: 機場快綫) is one of the ten heavy rail lines of the Hong Kong MTR system (excluding the light rail network). It links the urban area with Hong Kong International Airport and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Express_(MTR)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mass Transit Railway system (Chinese: 港鐵), known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway transportation. Operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR
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“setting a Hong Kong dollar-denominated issuance record”
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The claim that the sale set a Hong Kong dollar-denominated issuance record is explicitly stated in multiple search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong West Kowloon station (abbreviated WEK) is the southern terminus of and the only station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangshengang XRL. The station connects to China's high-speed rail (HS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_West_Kowloon_station
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mass Transit Railway system (Chinese: 港鐵), known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway transportation. Operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MTR Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港鐵路有限公司) is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular publi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_Corporation
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“marking its first publicly offered bond in the local currency market”
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The evidence explicitly states that this sale marked MTR's first publicly offered bond in the local currency market.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MTR, the rapid transit system of Hong Kong, encompasses 10 heavy rail lines and 98 stations as of August 2022. The following list sorts the stations according to their service line. In addition to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MTR_stations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mass Transit Railway system (Chinese: 港鐵), known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway transportation. Operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MTR Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港鐵路有限公司) is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular publi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_Corporation
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“it sold five-, 10- and 30-year bonds”
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While the overall bond sale is corroborated, the specific tenors (5, 10, and 30 years) are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, although they are implied by the context of the larger report. No second independent source confirms these specific years in the provided text.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airport Express (Chinese: 機場快綫) is one of the ten heavy rail lines of the Hong Kong MTR system (excluding the light rail network). It links the urban area with Hong Kong International Airport and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Express_(MTR)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mass Transit Railway system (Chinese: 港鐵), known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway transportation. Operated by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MTR Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港鐵路有限公司) is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular publi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR_Corporation
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“the size of each tranche also representing the largest for their respective tenors to date”
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The claim regarding the size of each tranche being the largest for their respective tenors is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Each may refer to: each, a determiner and indefinite pronoun in the English language EACH, Educational Action Challenging Homophobia, a UK charitable organisation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Each
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (German: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_each_according_to_his_abi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — To Each... is the second album and debut LP by English band A Certain Ratio, released in 1981 by record label Factory. It is sometimes considered the band's official first album. It was recorded in Ne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Each...
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“its inaugural Australian dollar-denominated green bonds, which raised A$2 billion (HK$11.22 billion) in January”
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Two separate web search results confirm the issuance of A$2 billion (HK$11.22 billion) in Australian dollar-denominated green bonds in January.
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web search NEUTRAL — Together with its inaugural Australian dollar-denominated green bonds, which raised A$2 billion (HK$11.22 billion) in January, the two fundraising exercises have raised HK$30 billion so far this year.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/articl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has raised A$2 billion through its first Australian dollar-denominated green bond issuance, a dual-tranche offering that was oversubscribed more than sixfold.
https://www.ainvest.com/news/record-green-bond-sale-mtr-corp…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Corporation successfully concluded its inaugural issuance of an Offshore Renminbi-denominated Green Bond in September last year, implementing a two-tranche transaction of CNH4.5 billion.
https://thetimes.com.au/news/news-from-asia/44366-mtr-closes…
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“the two fundraising exercises have raised HK$30 billion so far this year”
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The evidence explicitly states that the two fundraising exercises (the HKD bonds and the AUD bonds) have raised HK$30 billion so far this year.
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web search NEUTRAL — The MTR Corporation has sold HK$18.8 billion (US$2.4 billion) in green bonds, setting a Hong Kong dollar-denominated issuance record and marking its first publicly offered bond in the local currency m…
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/articl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Slaughter and May and Deacons have assisted on the MTR Corporation’s HKD30 billion (USD3.86 billion) syndicated green term loan.The MTR Corp increased the loan amount from HKD23 billion to HKD30 billi…
https://law.asia/mtr-corp-landmark-green-syndicated-loan/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mass Transit Railway Corporation, MTRC, Hong Kong.
https://www.mtr.com.hk/
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“retail investors can buy the bonds through platforms or products of institutional investors such as the Mandatory Provident Fund schemes, private banking channels or bond funds”
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The provided evidence discusses retail investors and bond platforms generally, but does not specifically confirm the purchase channels for MTR's green bonds.
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web search NEUTRAL — Retail investors have not been investing directly in bonds on the local market due to the lack of information and high cost of entry.On the Bond Express platform, FSM purchases selected bonds and brea…
https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/cover-story-opening-door…
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web search NEUTRAL — EE Bonds, I Bonds, and HH Bonds are U.S. savings bonds.Maximum purchase. $10 million (non-competitive bid) 35% of offering amount (competitive bid) (See Buying a Treasury marketable security for infor…
https://www.treasurydirect.gov/marketable-securities/treasur…
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web search NEUTRAL — Over recent years, regulators and financial institutions have widened retail access to government securities, unit trusts and digital investment platforms, reducing barriers that previously limited pa…
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/business/tanzania-hous…
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“The overall order book for the issue exceeded HK$60 billion, or three times the total issue size”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the total order book size of HK$60 billion.
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“The more than HK$8.3 billion five-year, HK$7.5 billion 10-year and HK$3 billion 30-year tranches were priced with coupons of 2.88, 3.30 and 4.00 per cent respectively”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific coupon rates (2.88%, 3.30%, 4.00%) or the exact breakdown of the tranches.
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