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Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... tranches to meet differing risk and return profiles of investor markets. The senior tranche includes an AU$7.5 million capital protected component that takes into consideration the target return profiles of institutional investors. The return varies ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and there are recent examples of how non-financial accounting standards for water, greenhouse gas emissions and natural capital have been adopted for reporting purposes by companies. John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... EIB's 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 ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... seeking external investors to seed the Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund going forward, and Drew noted that the fund has capital warranty units, which protects investors' capital, thus lowering the risk profile of investments. 'What we're really clear ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... providing services for Australian businesses doing work in the Asian region, but also their approach to issues like natural capital valuation and performance regarding environmental issues, Benson said. Wealth of Opportunity is a strategy that articulates ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has become an official supporter of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). The CDSB will aid NCD with input and expertise in developing financial sector reporting on natural capital, based on principles ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand Banking, Tabcorp and Stockland are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... N.V., ATP, AXA Investment Managers, Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG, Bloomberg L.P., BlueBay Asset Management LLP, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Danske Bankm Deutsche Bank Advisors, Generation Investment Management LLP, Global Evolution, Hermes Fund Managers ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
YES BANK, India's fourth largest private sector bank, has become a signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... different." NSG Super is looking at investment managers for the option as well, and Rodwell-Ball said that existing manager AMP Capital Investors will probably manage funds in the SRI option as well. "AMP manages both our local and our international ...