Safeguard Policy Statement & Strategy 2020 Midterm Review
Financing
Instruments
GLOBAL
BENCHMARK BONDS
Denominated in US Dollar and Euro
In 2, 3, 5, 7 or 10-year maturities
About $1 billion to $3.25 billion in
size
Issued at least once a year
Documentation
GMTN Programme
Clearing
Federal Reserve Book-Entry
System
Euroclear and Clearstream
FUNDING
PLATFORMS
ADB bonds issued in Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, and UK are
repo-eligible
Included in various indices:
Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index
➤ Citigroup WBIG
> JPM Euro Sterling Index
> Markit iBoxx USD Indices
> UBS Composite Bond Index
> UBS Supra-Sovereign Index
Documentation and Clearing
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Australia
GMTN Programme - Euroclear and
Clearstream; DTC
AUD MTN Programme - Austraclear;
Euroclear and Clearstream
☐ NZD MTN Programme - Austraclear NZ
System; NZ Clearing System
ACN Programme - CDP; HKMA; BNM; PDEX (if
applicable), TDCC; Euroclear and Clearstream
MYR MTN Programme - Bank Negara
Malaysia
PRIVATE
PLACEMENTS
Tailor-fit to meet investor
requirements (currency, size, tenor,
structure)
Thematic bonds: Water, Clean
Energy and Green bonds
Uridashi notes
Retail-targeted bonds
Structured notes
Documentation
GMTN Programme
ACNP Programme
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