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MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... factors might impact the long-term sustainability of an economy. MSCI said the ratings aim to complement traditional sovereign debt analysis for analyzing a country's creditworthiness. "Integrating ESG into the investment process is the first principle ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Standards Board, developed by the UK-based Climate Bonds Initiative to establish a set of standards to assess debt issuances from a climate perspective. IGCC took a position on the Climate Bonds Standards Board to provide input into development ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... years of financial services and insurance experience within Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and has experience in debt and structured finance arising from transactions for financial institutions, infrastructure projects and utilities. Parbery ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... usage of capital raisings through equity is not likely to dwindle, given the tighter access to credit markets and access to debt given global banking issues. For institutional investors, the first risk of equity capital raisings is dilution of existing ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the collection of the EUC. The repayment structure and its existence as a statutory charge makes the EUAs a form of senior debt, with significantly less investment risk to investors. NAB, Low Carbon Australia and Eureka Funds Management developed the ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... created for use in commercial buildings in New South Wales and the City of Melbourne. EUAs provide longer term, fixed rate debt facilities for owners to upgrade the environmental performance of commercial buildings, but also offer a new way for institutions ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... US$12bn of bonds backed by investments related to climate change solutions have already been issued. Expanding the "green debt" market will provide institutional investors with opportunities to switch from carbon intensive to low-carbon investments and ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index, through investments principally in green bonds issued by MDBs and other debt instruments. SSgA notes that the bonds are "of high credit quality and come from reputable issuers that are backed by large ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... some utilities that have exposures through carbon pricing, for example," Woods said. "There is certainly an issue there for debt holders, and that's one of the discussions around brown coal electricity generators. Are they too leveraged? That's how people ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... risk reduction as the primary purpose," he said. "That can manifest in lots of ways in financial services, like subordinate debt and equity arrangements. I don't personally favour the term 'loan guarantees' but others have used that as a catch-all phrase ...