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Queensland Treasury Corporation issues $750m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) has issued an inaugural AUD$750 million, seven-year green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Queensland State Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Curtis Pitt The QTC Green Bond has a coupon ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Deloitte France and Deloitte Luxembourg have been confirmed as approved verifiers under the The Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative "Both these organisations add welcome depth and breadth to our ...

IGCC calls for action, investment to adapt at-risk infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... cross-government ownership of adaptation funding and implementation, and points to the collaborative approach of social impact bonds and impact investment for their collaborative approach to project scoping and development. Eureka Real Assets also participated ...

NAB launches social bond focusing on companies, gender equality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... bond for other reasons." NAB's funding division has established a social bond framework that allows the team to develop bonds structured around social and environmental criteria, with a pipeline of more vehicles in the works, Zileli said. "We've done ...

AXA IM launches "impact-style" fund linked to gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... broader set of asset classes," Christensen said. "For example, in Australia we are now seeing the rise of social impact bonds."

SVA launches South Australian homelessness social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... term of the SIB, SVA said in investor information. "We see ourselves as a leading exponent or arranger of social impact bonds," said Ian Learmonth, executive director at SVA. "It's been tremendous to work with the South Australian government who have ...

Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... sector and we would encourage the governments support of impact investing and to that end, the ongoing development of impact bonds at the national level is of interest to us, invariably driven by outcomes payment contracting by the government." In terms ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... systems such as the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), according to Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative "Let's face it, we are filthy rich in Australia, we should be ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... in US dollars and Australian dollars over 15 years, 17.5 years or 20 years. The bond has been certified under the Climate Bonds Standard by the Climate Bonds Standards Board, and Monash University engaged Ernst and Young to provide verification that ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunity of about $18 billion." The survey also revealed "the market continues to be dominated by things such as green bonds. So in terms of dollar value it's really still an environmental space, in terms of actual transactions and volume, in tends ...