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International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has issued an AU$300 million Kangaroo social bond, the first of its kind. The Kangaroo social bond will be used to fund a program that "benefits women entrepreneurs and low-income ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... part of our broader efforts to encourage net zero carbon buildings," said Chris Wade, CEFC property sector lead. "Smart building design, combined with solar and battery storage packages, can give home owners greater control over their energy use and ...

HESTA to survey investment managers for workplace gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... in our society, it's crucial organisations have in place processes to ensure they're identifying the best talent and building strong, inclusive teams with a broad range of perspectives." HESTA Chief Investment Officer, Sonya Sawtell-Rickson, wrote to ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Kirsten Armstrong, director of knowledge and innovation at The Fred Hollows Foundation. "One of the key challenges has been building the right sort of, dare I say it, product that will meet a social need as well as attract the impact investors. That's ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... viewed as poor savers, but we don't believe that stereotype at Acorns Australia. Hundreds of thousands of young people are building up a level of savings for retirement. Similarly, we're often told millennials do not engage with their superannuation ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Residential Mortgage Backed Securitisation, National RMBS Trust 2018-1. "With the CBI introducing low carbon residential building standards, we can structure an RMBS that meets green bond standards," said Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB. "Prior ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
ANZ has launched and priced its first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. Katharine Tapley, head of sustainable finance solutions (SFS), loans and specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued an Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with a green tranche that has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, an Australia first. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation NAB has issued ...

CEFC, Australian Ethical Investment invest in Dexus Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Dexus has completed the first round of equity raising for the environmentally sustainable Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund (HWPF). HWPF is an Australian-first portfolio of hospital and healthcare assets with an environmentally sustainable focus. HWPF ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... announced it is financing clean energy improvements to two Adelaide buildings, under the South Australian Government's new Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) initiative. The buildings are the YourDC data centre, a 6,000 square metre specialist facility in ...