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Australian Ethical backs NAB Climate Bond

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... "Australia is in a prime position to expand investment in the renewable energy sector. We see the development of a healthy green bond markets as critical to further catalysing that investment," Vernon said. The Climate Bond proceeds will finance renewable ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Australia Bank plans to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities with the launch of a so-called 'green bond.' The NAB Climate Bond is also the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with international Climate Bonds Standards ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... months - surged to 57.2% -- its highest level since December 2010 (the time you, I and Irene were happy if we found some "green shoots" sprouting) and above the long-term average reading of 38.9% -- from an already high 52.7% the week before. Though ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... the start of the year), 109.21 against the yen (from 105.11) and 1.62 vis-A -vis the British pound (from 1.66). While the green stuff may not appreciate much against the pound - given expectations that the BOE would raise rates earlier than the Fed - ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... otherwise becoming a source of financial instability." That may be, but a glance at the recent performances of the US equity and bond markets indicate that investors in these markets are more sanguine. The S&P 500 index is off only 1.2% from its all-time ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... headlines about a coming significant correction are beginning to thin out. Heck, I even Mark Kiesel, global head of corporate bond portfolio management, on Bloomberg TV saying that US stocks are in a "sweet spot". He should be peddling bonds, shouldn't ...

ASIC cracks down on advisers over PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations. The review targeted licensees which had not requested a release of a security bond required to be lodged with ASIC under a previous licensing regime. ASIC was concerned some licensees did not request ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... because one or all these scares eventuate. The Fed might even 'untaper' instead. Janet Yellen won't simply let it happen. The bond market knows this. Despite the 'scary' 2.0% fall in the S&P last Thursday, you have to go the third decimal point to see ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The World Bank has made its innovative Green Bond available for the first time in Australia, with the issue of $300 million worth of five year fixed rate bonds. UniSuper was the cornerstone investor, putting $100 million in the Kangaroo Green Bond ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... Bartnett said: "We invest in carbon assets where they're available and represent good investment returns." An example is green bonds. "The low-carbon finance area is really getting very interesting. It's the role of what the private sector can do to ...

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Garry Wyatt, the co-founder and chief executive of Insync Funds Management, has sadly passed away.

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VanEck will make history this week as the first investment manager to launch a Bitcoin ETF on the ASX.

More Aussies anticipate renting in retirement: Vanguard

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An increasing number of Australians expect to be paying off a mortgage or forced to rent in retirement, according to the latest Vanguard How Australia Retires survey.

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