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Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... for this portfolio is 3%. It's a low number, when you compare it with equity volatility, which is around the 12-14% mark. Bonds are a lot less risky. We think that by biasing a portfolio to governments that have strong ESG characteristics, we should ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of up to 15% invested in "green" or climate themed bonds. Bill Hartnett The nearly AU$6bn LGS has awarded the government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
There is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Asian equities and global resources funds. Andrews will also assist in AMP Capital's ESG analysis of corporate and sovereign bonds and international analysis of ESG issues and sustainability drivers across a number of sectors, and will engage with companies ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... government to trial an AU$10m social benefit bond - a financing vehicle that will fund a program to assist at-risk families. The bonds are a first-ever vehicle in Australia. Under the bonds' structure, private investors will provide the up-front AU$10m ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative, the Clean Energy Business Council of the Middle East and North Africa and The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association have formed a working group to develop best practices and promote the issuance of "green" sukuks, Sharia-compliant ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage of their core portfolios of equities and bonds and, hence, MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings are a critical tool to integrate ESG research into their fixed income portfolios." The ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... which will provide opportunities to enhance private investment in emerging economies, and has been involved with the Climate Bonds Standards Board, developed by the UK-based Climate Bonds Initiative to establish a set of standards to assess debt issuances ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative has released its prototype Climate Bond Standard, a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... demand for sustainable fixed income investments on the rise, fund managers are creating funds that invest in so-called "green bonds" - bonds with investments in projects such as renewable energy developments. While it is possible to source sufficient ...