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Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Green bonds could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Stanley and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) were joint lead managers in the issue. EBRD first started issuing green bonds in 2010, and its portfolio is worth â,¬2.7 billion based on operating assets, with 261 investments and an average term of ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Swedish bank SEB, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are the leading underwriters of labelled climate bonds, while JP Morgan, Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse lead in deal size of the unlabelled climate bonds market, according ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... which is something that investors will have to take on board in exploring the asset class. Christensen cited social benefit bonds as an example of an initiative that attracts attention and controversy. Social benefit bonds are financing vehicles issued ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... deploying finances at scale, and says that the bond market shows "particular promise." "We see a number of positive signs of bonds being used to raise capital for emerging economies, notably in Mexico and South Africa, as well as through 'green bond' ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released proposed eligibility criteria for solar assets under the Climate Bond Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO The criteria specifies the amount of non-solar fuel back-up, or hybridization ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "... I explain to them that the bond as a product is supposed to be no-risk or/low-risk, which is why governments issue bonds. The kinds of project we want to put into the social benefits bond have to be as safe as houses while also offering a highly ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... draw further conclusions." The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices are not specifically constructed to include green bonds, but green bonds can be included in the benchmarks if they meet size, quality and ESG ratings standards, Nishikawa said. "We ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... supporting families to prevent the need of putting children in foster care. The government will pay back the value of the bonds at the end of the term based on the program's effectiveness. The final bond has yet to be launched. See Also: New South Wales ...