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Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has issued an AU$300 million green bond, the first certified Australian dollar green bond by an Australian government authority. The 1.75% 27 July 20121 TCV Green Bond proceeds will fund a portfolio of state investments ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... component of the Australian market, and dominated by rail operator Aurizon, while ANZ, NAB and Westpac have all issued Climate Bond Initiative-certified bonds. "It helps in Australia that the [Investor Group on Climate Change] is a board member of the ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... "It's not prominent, but it's clearly something we would like to accelerate and adapt to. We are invested in the NAB climate bond. It would be good to see more come to market, and they're getting priced very competitively, and I some cases, priced below ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... of funding instrument in the future." The Climate Bonds Initiative recently certified the AU$500 million Westpac Climate Bond, which will be allocated to seven wind energy facilities and five low carbon commercial properties. The underlying assets have ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has issued an AU$500 million climate bond to fund renewable energy and low carbon commercial property in Australia. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The funds from the bond from the Westpac Climate Bond will be allocated to seven wind energy facilities ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... of FlexiGroup Limited. The AU$50 million green tranche is a Class A2-G note backed by solar PV receivables and is Climate Bond Certified by the Climate Bonds Standard Board based in London. It is the first ever transaction of its type in Australia. The ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has joined the Climate Bonds Partnership Program, the first global stock exchange to do so. LSEG incorporates a number of exchanges including London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana, FTSE Russell Indexes, MillenniumIT ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The green bond/climate bond market is expected to continue strong growth in 2016, spurred on by commitments made in last year's COP21 Paris Agreement. Industry experts predict that Australia will also see issuance in 2016, but as in other regions, the ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... our engagement with an active participant on these critical issues." Norton Rose Fulbright has previously supported Climate Bond Initaitive events, including the State of the Market 2015 launch, noted Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative. According ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... tranche deal of â,¬0.5bn and $0.8bn ($1.3bn) issued by ING Bank; and a green bond totalling $1.25bn from EDF, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "Top of the Q4 table is Credit Agricole CIB with its total Q4 underwriting deals of $994m dominated by issuances ...