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LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Stanley and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) were joint lead managers in the issue. EBRD first started issuing green bonds in 2010, and its portfolio is worth â,¬2.7 billion based on operating assets, with 261 investments and an average term of ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... are two groups of leading underwriters. The first is the labelled climate bonds market, including IFC and World Bank Green bonds, where Swedish Bank SEB is the clear leader, punching way above its weight, followed by JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley." Looking ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... draw further conclusions." The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices are not specifically constructed to include green bonds, but green bonds can be included in the benchmarks if they meet size, quality and ESG ratings standards, Nishikawa said. "We ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... head of sustainability at LGS. "We are trying to get that via ESG integration and the thematic allocation like these green bonds." Hartnett noted that the green bond appeals to LGS on a number of levels, including the fact that they are AAA rated notes ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... identified unlisted alternative assets including private equity, infrastructure, agriculture, timber and private equity/green bonds as potential vehicles that could provide purest access to sustainability themes, minus the volatility of listed assets. ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Green bonds are proving a popular option with investors, with demand exceeding supply in a recent regional French environmental bond. Sean Kidney, executive chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative says that the investor interest in green bonds should ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... scale up adoption". See Also: Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Green bonds have relatively simple structures and credit quality and yield levels similar to AAA bonds, meriting "consideration as an allocation within a fixed interest portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... recycling, their efficient use of resources, but then they're very vulnerable on how they get their energy. Q: The green bonds are a very interesting component to the mandate. Can you explain a bit more about them? M Mc: We have a high weight to green ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... addition to managing its entire government bond portfolio with an ESG framework, the mandate also includes allocations to green bonds - those bonds dedicated to climate-related activities that push the transition to low-carbon economies. "We are putting ...