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Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... denominated green fund space, which constrains product expansion, Macri said. "You couldn't have an [Australian dollar] green bond fund," Macri said. "It's not prominent, but it's clearly something we would like to accelerate and adapt to. We are invested ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... to homeowners throughout Germany. MEP Werke will undertake to meet the relevant Climate Bonds Standards as part of a green bond program. "We are excited to seal this strategic partnership with CBI today," said Konstantin Strasser, Strasser Capital founder ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... first climate bond directly issued by Westpac. Westpac Institutional Bank had a lead management role in the Kangaroo Green Bond issued by the World Bank in April, 2014. Westpac chose to certify its climate bond using the Climate Bond Initiative because ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... AU$20 million in the green tranche. "This transaction is a significant milestone in the development of the Australian green bond market," said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "Institutional investors who have reduced their exposure to the fossil fuel sector ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... international hub for green finance is vitally important to the city and a key driver behind the launch of our dedicated green bond segments last year." LSEG currently profiles green bond and equity listings through FTSE Russell, and supports institutional ...

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
... bonds, and US$65.9 billion in labelled green bonds. The increase of US$95 billion is attributed to the growth of the green bond market - constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. " This support is one ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, Christensen said. "We will not put green bonds in there," Christensen said. "We have a specific green bond fund that we launched last year, and we see that as a big-ticket item you can do. Whereas our second impact fund will ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... â,¬1.5bn ($1.66bn) bond issued by KfW, two 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 ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Risk. The Climate Bonds Initiative coordinated the Paris Green Bonds Statement. "Enormous opportunity exists to deploy green bond financing, to renew existing, ageing urban infrastructure and also in emerging markets and economies that will be building ...