Standard Chartered has raised 1 billion euro through issuance of the first social bond which will support sustainable development projects across the bank's emerging market footprint, including India. The 8-year bond will primarily facilitate lending to small and medium sized enterprises, ensuring access to finance, helping create jobs and empowering and nurturing women-owned SMEs, StanChart said in a statement on …
Suppose entity ABC enters into a contract to issue a bond, and the payment of interest and principal of the bond is indexed with the price of gold. Sometimes entities combine the derivatives with some non-derivative items; for example, a contract having a derivative characteristic may be combined in a loan, bond, share, lease, insurance contract or purchase or sale …