Credit Suisse, MSCI debut ‘positive impact’ green notes

Credit Suisse has launched its first ESG structured notes which incorporate an impact-aligned use of proceeds and an exposure to the MSCI ESG Rating Select Indices on either US or eurozone equities. The inaugural notes have been sold to Credit Suisse’s private banking clients in Europe. The MSCI ESG Rating Select Indexes are constructed by selecting a target number of constituents from the parent index, as ranked based on their free float market capitalisation - only securities which trad