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Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Queensland is boosting investment in environmentally responsible projects through green bonds issued via the state's Treasury. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Curtis Pitt, said the Queensland Treasury Corporation planned to issue certified ...

Industry giant retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
Celebrated financial services figure Barry Lambert is retiring from the Class board of directors. Lambert, aged 70, said he is retiring to concentrate on campaign work for greenlight.support, an advocacy group which lobbies for patients to have access ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The Powering Australian Renewables Fund, on behalf of the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund, has reached financial close on the Silverton Wind Farm. QIC announced it had achieved the $450 million required to fund the development of ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Australia's legal tender is again doing the rounds of the headlines. Disappointment over Trump's press conference last week - he talked and talked about everything except about his economic policies - brought the ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The sun appears to be rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese consumer confidence rose to a reading of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... fiscal largesse - tax cuts and infrastructure building and rebuilding - on the US economy...one that also gave the Fed the green light to proceed with normalisation. What about the credit-rating agencies? Yes, them who threatened to slice Australia's ...

First university climate bond issued

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

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... years on there are still a number of outstanding barriers to be removed." Perpetual Corporate Trust group executive Chris Green added: "There's definitely an increased understanding of the growing capability of Australian managers. With the right framework ...

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. ...

Stockbrokers Association opens doors to advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... name recognises that some of our members no longer identify themselves solely as stockbrokers," SAFA chief executive Andrew Green said. "Instead, they see themselves as providing holistic financial advice that is broader than equities research. Importantly ...