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Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... has been certified as an ethical fund by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Teachers Mutual Bank's Debt Issuance Program is an AU$500 million fund and has negative screens in place that prohibit using funds raised from lending ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... proliferated in the payday lending business, we believe many of these target employed clients as a means of lowering bad debt risk, and therefore the perception of predatory lending is lower. In addition, ASIC has strong oversight of consumer lending ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... earnings." By hedging out the risk of volatile earnings because of low output, wind farms can potentially access lower costs to debt financing, Summons noted. "Banks, I think it's fair to say, they struggle with getting across the risks to wind farms," ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... ANZ said. "We've identified initially a good mix of around 20 asset which are eligible," said Paul White, global head of debt syndicate at ANZ. "Most of those are wind project assets - around 58%. There are also four Green Star buildings, which account ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has expanded its scope by launching the GRESB Debt Survey. The 2015 GRESB Debt Survey will collect data on real estate debt investments, building on GRESB's work surveying real estate equity vehicles. ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... institutions, depending on structure and local regulations. "I think SFRE would be an opportunity for both equity investments and for debt finance," Walsh said. "It depends on what local regulations for [recipient institions] say about equity and debt ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... associate director climate change and sustainability group at KPMG in Australia. "They need to have a need to be raising debt in this way. Does that fit with their debt profile and what they're trying to do? Then the question becomes, are you doing the ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental financing," said Steve Lambert, NAB executive general manager for capital financing. "NAB is already the largest debt financier of renewable energy in this country, but with market-leading financing solutions such as the Hallett Hill deal ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... and Sheikh accelerated the start date after news last week that the so-called Big Four banks will extend a AU$1.4billion debt facility to Whitehaven Coal. Since Future Home Loans launched on Monday, 201 people have registered their interest to switch ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... proliferated in the payday lending business, we believe many of these target employed clients as a means of lowering bad debt risk, and therefore the perception of predatory lending is lower. In addition, ASIC has strong oversight of consumer lending ...