Key Highlight: This segment on Green Bonds is being included as a special feature ahead of COP 28 to be held in the UAE.

Green Bond

• Defining a ‘green bond’ issue – the framework

- Green Bond Principles (GBP)

- Green Bond certification categories

- Climate Bond Standards Board 3.0

• Overview of the sustainable bond market

- Recent data and new issues

• European Investment Bank and World Bank initiatives

- Supranational issuers

• Issuance profiles

• Ongoing ‘due diligence’ to ensure environmental safeguards

• Legal obligations explained, meeting ESG requirements

- Legal recourse to issuers for not meeting ESG standards

• Transitional bonds

Case study: Green bond prospectus

Case study: Green bond issuance data

Sukuks

• Principles defining Islamic Finance

• Sukuk bonds and major issuers

• Understanding the SPV role

• Key similarities and differences between Sukuks and bonds

• Sharia investment guidelines

Bond Derivatives

• Risk management of a portfolio

• Bond futures

• Options on bonds and bond futures

• A guide to option pricing

- Model types

- Model inputs

- Historical and implied volatility

- Types of options

• Interest rate swaps examined

• Short selling using derivatives

• Liquidity and volatility

Case study: Using bond derivatives

Day 3

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