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New Zealand businesses told to avoid obscuring material information by regulator
05 December 2024Financial institutions and corporates in New Zealand have been told to improve reporting in several areas, including to "avoid obscuring material information" by providing reports that are too long or too short, in a review of disclosures by the Financial Markets Authority .
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New Zealand looks to remove barriers for sustainable bond issuance
04 April 2024A New Zealand regulator is exploring how to "remove potential barriers" for listed companies to issue sustainable bonds, in particular by reducing additional disclosures and costs for issuers.
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Sustainable bonds are 'stretching for smaller sovereigns'
22 November 2023New Zealand struggled to find adequate eligible projects for its issue, necessitating robust management of its green spending. Ahren Lester writes
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Bond round-up: Mamoura, France, Uruguay ... and more
08 November 2023 -
IIX raises $50m with 'world first' green & orange bond
13 December 2022The Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has raised $50 million with what it said is the first 'green and orange' bond, with proceeds targeted to empower women to advance climate action.
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New Zealand raises NZD3bn from debut sovereign green bond
15 November 2022New Zealand has raised NZD3 billion ($1.8 billion) from its debut sovereign green bond, with the transaction more than two-and-a-half times oversubscribed.
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New Zealand readies sovereign green bond debut
14 September 2022New Zealand has launched its sovereign green bond programme after publishing its green bond framework, with a debut bond expected by the end of 2022...
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New Zealand consults on climate disclosure rules
02 August 2022 -
New Zealand to debut sovereign green bond in late 2022
15 November 2021New Zealand has announced it intends to kick-start an "important and enduring" sovereign green bond programme in late 2022...
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News round-up: WTW, Foresight, JLEN, S&P and Lombard Odier
04 May 2021