digital bond

Third Hong Kong government digital bond issuance expected: Paul Chan

The city will “regularise” the issuance of tokenised bonds, according to Hong Kong's financial secretary at his latest Budget speech; Chan is expecting GDP growth of 2% to 3% in 2025.

February 26, 2025

Bank of Communications becomes latest digital bond issuer

BoCom becomes the first Chinese financial institution to issue a digitally native bond in Hong Kong with a $300m floating rate offering.

January 21, 2025

Zhuhai Huafa issues first corporate digital bond in Hong Kong, Macau

The state-backed conglomerate's move should pave the way for future corporate issuances in 2025, which could make use of the HKMA’s grant scheme.

January 14, 2025

HK's central bank subsidy aims to boost digital bond offering

The HKMA has launched a grant scheme of up to HK$2.5m for future digital bond issuances, which is the SAR’s latest move to build its virtual asset ecosystem.

December 17, 2024

Singtel to issue debut digital sustainability-linked bond

The $100 million issuance will be the group’s first digital sustainability-linked bond and Singapore’s largest foreign currency digital bond.

April 26, 2022