The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has successfully completed an experimental green bond issuance through Goldman Sachs’ digital asset platform – the bank’s tokenisation system. While the bond successfully raised $800m for the green bond programme, it was more noteworthy as the first tokenised green bond issued by a government.
Kenneth Hui, executive director, external at HKMA, and Rosie Hampson, executive director, digital assets at Goldman Sachs, joined Lewis McLellan, Digital Monetary Institute editor, to discuss the benefits that tokenisation offers for the green bond market and the challenges they overcame in delivering the deal.
