Green Bonds: The Reserve Management Perspective

15 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2019

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Ingo Fender

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Mike McMorrow

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Vahe Sahakyan

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Omar Zulaica

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Date Written: September 22, 2019

Abstract

Central banks' frameworks for managing foreign exchange reserves have traditionally balanced a triad of objectives: liquidity, safety and return. Pursuing these objectives involves explicit trade-offs. Recently central banks have shown interest in incorporating environmental sustainability objectives into their reserve management frameworks. Rather than a triad, central banks may analyse (and weigh) a tetrad of reserve management objectives in allocating part of their foreign exchange reserves to green bonds.

JEL Classification: E58, F31, G11, G17

Suggested Citation

Fender, Ingo and McMorrow, Mike and Sahakyan, Vahe and Zulaica, Omar, Green Bonds: The Reserve Management Perspective (September 22, 2019). BIS Quarterly Review, September 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3468434

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Mike McMorrow

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Vahe Sahakyan

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Omar Zulaica

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

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