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NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Answering to strong investor demand, National Australia Bank launched a public offshore green bond valued at €500 million ($690 million). Reported as the first of its kind issued by an Australian bank and the biggest green bond from an Australian ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... to exceed US$80 billion, which would be close to twice the US$42 billion recorded for 2015. The Victorian Government green bond, issued on 19 July, has raised $300 million and will be used to help finance and refinance Victorian state investments in ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... 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 creates a new asset class for the financing of sustainability and clean energy projects in ...

ANZ appoints sustainable head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
A crucial member to the development of ANZ's green bond capabilities has been promoted as head of the bank's sustainable finance solutions team. ANZ has appointed Katherine Tapley as head of sustainable finance solutions, loans and specialised finance. ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... sustainable investments such as green bonds as clients continue to push for more sustainable investment options. "The green bond market is very interesting and allows us to build strategies that are more sustainable and within our fixed income components ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... stories, and I think that's where impact investments start to come in." Speaking to the growing demand for green bonds and green bond funds, Christensen highlighted that the emergence of products like green bonds allows advisers to tell the investment ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Demand for impact investing is expected to rapidly increase as a growing number of retail and institutional investors search for investments that provide both monetary and social returns. In the last five years there have been 96 reported impact investments ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
Impact investments are not only positively impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people but are also delivering strong returns to investors, according to a new report from Impact Investing Australia. The first data-set of Australian impact investments ...

Socially responsible XTBs hit ASX

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
The first ever 'green' XTBs have been released by the Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) on the ASX today. In response to growing demand for socially responsible investment options, the 'green' XTBs are over fixed rate green bonds from ANZ and ...

World first green bond raises $300m

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
The Victorian Government green bond, issued on 19 July, has raised $300 million and will be used to help finance and refinance Victorian state investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, low carbon public transport and energy efficient ...