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Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... portfolio. The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" portfolio and aims to achieve ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... products with green or social characteristics, Zileli said. "There will probably a little bit more of the same with climate bonds," she said. "Whether we look for issuing to new markets or not depends on market conditions, but we are continuing to add ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... made a $75 million cornerstone investment in that bond. The CEFC has been a cornerstone investor in nine of the 15 climate bonds issued in Australia since 2013.

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... billion (RMB248.6 billion) in 2017, a 4.5% cent increase over the previous year, according to a report issued by the Climate Bonds Initiative and China Central Depository and Clearing Co. Ltd (CCDC). Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative During ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... their holdings towards those benchmarks. Vision Super has also decreased the carbon intensity in their Australian corporate bonds portfolio. "We continued to manage carbon intensity downwards by appointing a manager without fossil fuel exposure in its ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative's Climate Bonds Partners Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Partners Program is designed to support the development of the global market for climate and ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... "We are very much looking forward to that. We have, I think, a really interesting pipeline. We have three social impact bonds that we intend to invest in, and we have a number of really interesting opportunities in areas like classic social enterprises ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... their equity counterparts when it comes to engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in bonds, but ESG factors have different impacts on bonds portfolios in terms of risk adjust returns. Panelists discuss ESG integration ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... green bond issuers continued to grow during the second quarter of 2017, extending investor choice, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative has released their second Green Bond Pricing ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... over their lifetimes." Within the portfolio, equity made up $585 million, corporate loans made up $673 million, climate bonds made up $383 million, project finance made up $1.012 billion, and co-financing programs made up $774 million. The equity portfolio ...