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NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using their custodians to assist in monitoring manager adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Five new global investors have joined the Investor Statement on Green Bonds and Climate Bonds, calling on governments to grow the global green bond market. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair Calvert Investments, Addenda Capital, F&C Investments ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investors throughout Asia are taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into account in their investment portfolios, and custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services are providing data analytical services to assist clients ...

US$9.2 billion in green bonds issued in Q3 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
US$9.2 billion in green bonds was issued globally in the third quarter of 2014, with Credit Agricole as the top green bonds underwriter for the quarter, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Acronym guide: CACIB is Credit Agricole CIB, BAML is ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors representing more than US$2 trillion in assets under management have committed to expanding the global market financing climate change solutions. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The signatories to the Investor Statement ...

Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bond - nearly doubled its number of supporters to 25 and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has been appointed secretariat. The Green ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has become a founding signatory to the Soft Commodities Compact, a banking industry initiative aiming to help clients achieve zero net deforestation by 2020. The Soft Commodities Compact has been developed by the Banking Environment Initiative ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...