GAVI: IFFIm offers new series of vaccine bonds to Japan investors

GAVI said the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), in collaboration with GAVI Alliance, the World Bank and HSBC Securities (Japan) Limited, would begin offering another in a series of vaccine investment bonds, also known as “vaccine bonds”, to Japanese retail investors starting 7 June 2010. The multi-tranche transaction includes the first IFFIm bond denominated in Brazilian real (BRL) and settled in JPY. The triple-A rated IFFIm is offering investors the three investment options. http://www.gavialliance.org/media_centre/press_releases/2010_06_04_iffim_japanese_bonds.php