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Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Index provider Solactive AG has launched its Solactive Green Bond Index, based on a bond universe provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative. The Solactive Green Bond Index is the first in the market globally to provide exposure to green bonds - fixed ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has joined the I nternational Climate Bond Standards Board. IGCC represents more than 85 European institutional investors, with total funds under management of approximately EUR7.5 trillion. ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... years, and US%54 billion have tenors in the range of five to 10 years. See Also: LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... appointment Local Government Super (LGS) has invested in a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) green bond. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was the only Australian superannuation fund to invest in the US$250 million EBRD green bond, which ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... its ' Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2013 report. "BofA Merrill Lynch has been a leader in the Green Bond market since we led the first such bond, EIB's EUR600mm Climate Awareness Bond, in 2007," says Suzanne Buchta, a managing ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... of bonds being used to raise capital for emerging economies, notably in Mexico and South Africa, as well as through 'green bond' issuance from institutions such as the IFC and World Bank," HSBC said. "For this to be a reliable source of capital for developing ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... climate bond market is developing in the direction corresponding to our investment universe." See Also: LGS buys into IFC green bond issue Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... bonds," she said. "They can be quite small [issuance] and we're talking about a global benchmark. To the extent that a green bond is issued by an issuer with a strong ESG rating, and to the extent the green bond has the size and the credit quality needed ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Eds note: Article rewritten to reflect new comment. Local Government Super (LGS) has participated in a US$1 billion green bond issue by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Bill Hartnett LGS bought US$6m of the three-year bond, which will be ...