Fixed income markets are abuzz about the spectacular demand for new green bonds – and there’s no denying that investors are hungry for these instruments. Flows into fixed income funds with socially responsible investing (SRI) or environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates have soared. Those tracked by EPFR have seen their assets under management increase sevenfold since the beginning of 2019.
EPFR Papers: Bank of Japan’s ETF purchases
The Bank of Japan has been the pace-setter among central banks when it comes to purchasing non-government financial securities. It was the first central bank to officially declare that it was buying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan Real Estate Investment trusts (J-REITs).
