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CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... climate bonds into the Australia medium term note market in the 2017 financial year, has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative to support its mission to mobilise the bond market for climate change solutions. "Commonwealth Bank has demonstrated ...

World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... commented that the fund will work differently to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment vehicles such as green bonds. The social investment product manager the organisation is currently recruiting for will have the responsibility of making ...

Australian Ethical Super leads new green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... rated A- by Standard & Poor's. It has also been approved as a Certified Climate Bond by the London-based Climate Bonds Initiative, and proceeds will be used to retire existing debt facilities and will be fully allocated against a portfolio of low carbon ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... increase in the next five years in the Australian market." The CBA Climate Bond has been certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), a not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote large-scale investment to deliver a global low-carbon economy ...

S&P measures green bond performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... environmentally-friendly projects and fulfil a strict set of requirements, such as a 'green' designation by the Climate Bonds Initiative - a debt rating aligned with its credit quality and a minimum outstanding par value. The new index, licensed to VanEck ...

NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... initiatives and assets across the UK, Europe, Australia and the Americas. The bond, which is certified under the Climate Bonds Standard, is the bank's second green bond and caters to investors seeking to produce measurable impact, according to NAB executive ...

Saxo revamps margin trading facility

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... listed assets as collateral for margin trades. Under the new arrangement, clients can now use existing physical stocks, bonds and ETFs for trades including contracts for difference, foreign exchange, futures and options, rather adding extra cash for ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... invests in a broader range of securities and strategies across Australian and international securities and includes government bonds, non-government bonds and high-yield loans - it is mostly hedged in to Australian dollars to reduce the impact of currency ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... million in an Australian and world-first university-issued certified climate bond. Certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative and issued by Monash University, the $218 million climate bond is the first green bond to be issued by a university and ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... five years there have been 96 reported impact investments in Australia, 36 of those were made in FY15 alone, with green bonds dominating a sharp increase in the $1.2 billion dollar industry. For financial advisers, understanding client interests and ...