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Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report about the outlook for climate bonds in 2017 globally as well as in Australia. He noted that all green bonds issued in Australia had bene certified under the Climate Bond Initiative standards, and also pointed to the innovative collaborative ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... joining Flexicorp, Westpac, and Treasury Corporation of Victoria in issuance in 2016. NAB and ANZ have previously issued green bonds in Australia.

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunity of about $18 billion." The survey also revealed "the market continues to be dominated by things such as green bonds. So in terms of dollar value it's really still an environmental space, in terms of actual transactions and volume, in tends ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... strategies and putting forth shareholder resolutions to oil and gas companies. There was also record investment in green bonds, with more than US$65 billion issued through early November, a 50% increase from US$23.2 billion in 2015. The snapshot also ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia, with the bulk of transactions consisting of debt finance to social enterprises, while domestically issued green bonds also showed increases in dollar value of impact investments, according to research from Impact Investing Australia. Rosemary ...

GRESB updates Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... emissions have become one of the big investment themes," said Nils Kok, CEO of GRESB. "Alternative investments such as green bonds, used to fund environmentally-friendly projects, have emerged as a market-driven way of bridging the financing gap by directing ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... investment and community investment saw 74% growth in that category in the last year. That's included issuance of green bonds. We've seen a lot of microfinance, which NAB and Westpac have played a role in. Some social impact/housing as well. It's been ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... acted as TCV's independent Verification Agent. "The Andrews Labor Government is proud to lead the country with this Green Bonds initiative, with increasing appetite across Australia and the rest of the world for socially responsible investment opportunities," ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... universe has grown 16% or US$96 billion from 2015, with unlabelled climate-aligned bonds at $576 billion and labelled green bonds at $118 billion, according to the report. The report measured over 3,590 bonds issued from January 2005 to May 2016, from ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... a challenge when it comes to ESG-related strategies. Strong increases - albeit from a small base - in issuance of green bonds as well as strategies to exclude corporates and sovereigns with less than optimal performance on ESG factors has led to the ...