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Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... 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," he said. "What ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... to the businesses who invest in high efficiency and clean energy equipment." The CEFC-NAB program will also focus on financing purchases of equipment such as variable speed pumps for irrigation purposes, upgrades to industrial and commercial refrigeration ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... economic, social and environmental practices of water sectors in South Asia, as that lowers the risks associated with financing projects. Tonkin noted that the bank examines water-related projects on a case by case basis, in keeping with analysis of ...

GRESB issues real estate green bond guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... well as the environment," said Suzanne Buchta, head of Green Bonds Americas at Bank of America. "As a new source of financing linked to environmental impacts, Green Property Bonds have the potential to further enhance the sustainability performance of ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia, with 16% in Asia and 7% in New Zealand, White said. The current value of the assets potentially available for financing under the proceeds of hte bond is AU$1.1 billion, and ANZ could bring more assets into the green bond as the pool of assets ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... fall below the baseline may have the opportunity to sell their abatement to the government. The EFR will serve as a financing pool for entities to bid for funding to support their emissions reduction activities. The government retained the Carbon Farming ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... debt finance," Walsh said. "It depends on what local regulations for [recipient institions] say about equity and debt financing. We are well capitalised, so we wouldn't draw on the fund ourselves. We have started out as an investor with a modest amount ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... solar PV installation at Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars (photo courtesy CEFC) Col Crawford Lifestyle Cars took out the financing, an initiative of the Commonwealth Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Stage 1 of the project will include ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... issuing green bonds. "I think the first question I really look at with clients is, is the green bond the most appropriate financing structure," said Jenny Merkley, associate director climate change and sustainability group at KPMG in Australia. "They ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... last year - another Australian first - and puts NAB firmly at the forefront of product innovation and environmental financing," said Steve Lambert, NAB executive general manager for capital financing. "NAB is already the largest debt financier of renewable ...