Index roundup: S&P Dow Jones Indices launches green investment grade and high-yield bond benchmark

S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) has launched the S&P Green Bond Select Index, which aims to capture the most liquid and tradeable green-labelled investment grade and high-yield bonds issued globally from the S&P Green Bond Index universe. The index has been licensed to Vaneck for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). Only green bonds that fulfil a strict set of requirements, such as designation of green by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), a debt rating aligned with its credit quality and