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GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... the industry body for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. He also serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Real Estate and Urbanization and as a ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... legislation, the transparency laws cover "around 70% of the value of extractive companies in the world's major capital markets, including - in addition to Australian companies - Chinese, Russian, Brazilian and other state-owned companies," according ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional Bank were the joint-lead managers for this transaction. In 2013, Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... yielding a return, they are not costs. To provide the necessary capital, we need to activate the world's large debt capital markets. Green bonds and climate bonds are a means to do so. We stand ready to invest. ACTIAM intends to further increase its ...

Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... will be issued in 2014, with around US$100 billion will be issued in 2015, said Jim Glascott, global head of debt capital markets at Barclays. "The creation of a Green Bond Index will be an extremely useful tool for issuers and institutional investors ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting has become a vital means for companies to communicate non-financial indicators to capital markets, and regulatory changes in the Australian market mean that companies must think through their sustainability reporting strategies ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super, and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional Bank are the joint-lead managers for this transaction. World Bank green bonds fund climate ...

Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Credit Agricole CIB, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Nine other banks joined as initial supporters - BNP Paribas, Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc., Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Mizuho Securities, Morgan Stanley, Rabobank, and SEB. Twelve more banks ...

IIRC, SASB to collaborate on compatability of frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Reporting Framework. "SASB's standards are a practical implementation of Integrated Reporting in the context of U.S. capital markets," Rogers said. "The missions of SASB and the IIRC are aligned, and formalizing our partnership will strengthen harmonization ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... EUR600mm Climate Awareness Bond, in 2007," says Suzanne Buchta, a managing director from BofA Merrill Lynch's debt capital markets division. "Since then we have led other green bonds for World Bank, KEXIM, EIB, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, OPIC and ...