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FX innovation powers sustainability goals

FX innovation powers sustainability goals

30 May 2022

NAB’s first sustainability-linked foreign exchange (FX) derivative aligns environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets with financial risk management for a major London-listed infrastructure investment company.

FX innovation powers sustainability goals
Place matters: ESG and communities

Place matters: ESG and communities

23 November 2021

As part of NAB’s Bank for Transition interview series we speak to Associate Professor Rae Dufty-Jones and Dr Neil Perry from Western Sydney University on the future of building sustainable communities and how government is listening.

Place matters: ESG and communities
COP26 week two: It’s a wrap

COP26 week two: It’s a wrap

15 November 2021

After the fanfare of the opening statements and commitments, the second week at Glasgow meant bridging divides to reach a consensus deal in extra time as the Paris 2015 ambitions start to take flight.

COP26 week two: It’s a wrap
ESG and equity: positioning for success

ESG and equity: positioning for success

4 November 2021

A new NAB report offers insights into how asset managers are incorporating sustainability metrics into their investing activities and what companies can do to develop best-in-class strategies.

ESG and equity: positioning for success
Financing to support the climate transition

Financing to support the climate transition

16 December 2020

Companies that need to adapt and transition to lower carbon and more sustainable growth are tapping into a range of new sustainability-linked debt offerings to help finance this transition.

Financing to support the climate transition
Connecting capital to opportunity: NAB in Japan

Connecting capital to opportunity: NAB in Japan

19 November 2019

Janari Tonoike, head of NAB Japan Securities Limited, National Australia Bank’s (NAB) new Tokyo-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, showcases the long-standing relationship between Japan and Australia, and explains how the new entity can help investors and borrowers in both markets and beyond connect better in a challenging global business environment.

Connecting capital to opportunity: NAB in Japan
More affordable and specialist homes

More affordable and specialist homes

11 October 2019

More Australians will be able to access affordable housing following a $2 billion commitment from NAB which will see more homes being built across the nation.

More affordable and specialist homes
Ports: keeping the channels of global trade flowing

Ports: keeping the channels of global trade flowing

23 September 2019

Treasury representatives from Associated British Ports, Peel Ports, NSW Ports and the Port of Tauranga recently met to explore and share their insights on the opportunities and challenges facing port owners and operators.

Ports: keeping the channels of global trade flowing
Real assets expensive but opportunities remain

Real assets expensive but opportunities remain

16 September 2019

Amid an expensive market and an uncertain global economy, fund managers are cautioning discipline, though there are opportunities for investors to look outside traditional markets and work on assets.

Real assets expensive but opportunities remain
Infrastructure financing – in for the long haul

Infrastructure financing – in for the long haul

21 June 2019

Investing in infrastructure is a long-term trend that will continue to endure global economic challenges, generating healthy returns and diversification opportunities as investors enhance focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

Infrastructure financing – in for the long haul
State Economic Handbook: April 2019

State Economic Handbook: April 2019

18 April 2019

Deterioration in conditions in most states, with current momentum negative. Household sector weakness evident, investment still ok (outside mining), while agri. facing easing prices and needs rain. Housing sector downturn, population growth centred on the eastern states, agricultural prices easing.

State Economic Handbook: April 2019
Is a slowdown coming Australia’s way?

Is a slowdown coming Australia’s way?

25 March 2019

After 27 years of steady economic growth – a record unmatched by any other developed economy – some are asking whether Australia is overdue for a recession.

Is a slowdown coming Australia’s way?
Customer stewardship & the institutional investor

Customer stewardship & the institutional investor

27 February 2019

Global investors are increasingly allocating funds to infrastructure and many investors are implementing new methods and measures to both adapt to and lead a stewardship mandate into infrastructure investment.

Customer stewardship & the institutional investor
Creating a new project finance market for the war on waste

Creating a new project finance market for the war on waste

30 January 2019

As more local governments around Australia seek new ways to treat food waste, councils in southeast Melbourne have met the challenge of bulging landfill and increasing greenhouse emissions by composting household organic waste on an industrial scale.

Creating a new project finance market for the war on waste
The case for sustainable healthcare

The case for sustainable healthcare

23 January 2019

There’s growing awareness across industry, government and the community that we need to improve the way we design, build and operate the buildings in which we heal.

The case for sustainable healthcare
Boosting Australia’s gas supply

Boosting Australia’s gas supply

17 January 2019

As electricity prices continue to rise and domestic gas supply across eastern Australia tightens, Cooper Energy is one company that’s thinking big so it can be a significant part of the solution.

Boosting Australia’s gas supply
New Year, new opportunities

New Year, new opportunities

3 December 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, we’d like to share some of the achievements of our Corporate and Institutional clients over the past year.

New Year, new opportunities
The infrastructure opportunity for super funds

The infrastructure opportunity for super funds

30 November 2018

Australia’s superannuation funds should seriously consider infrastructure investment opportunities that help build the nation, NAB Chief Customer Officer of Consumer Banking, and former Premier of New South Wales, Mike Baird, says.

The infrastructure opportunity for super funds
Embedding customer stewardship in infrastructure

Embedding customer stewardship in infrastructure

14 November 2018

Customer stewardship matters because infrastructure is an intimate part of nearly every aspect of our lives, therefore quality of services and astute long-term investment decisions have never been more important

Embedding customer stewardship in infrastructure
Transport infrastructure update Victoria: September 2018

Transport infrastructure update Victoria: September 2018

12 October 2018

The Victorian economy has been one of Australia’s fastest growing this year. Given the scope of construction projects now ramping up it's likely transport infrastructure spending will continue to contribute strongly to Victorian growth over the next year.

Transport infrastructure update Victoria: September 2018
Which way now? Australian infrastructure expertise and cross-border investment flows

Which way now? Australian infrastructure expertise and cross-border investment flows

31 July 2018

As the current phase of privatisations approaches its conclusion in Australia, local infrastructure investors are looking to international markets for investment opportunities. At the same time, global capital that was drawn to the Australian market by the deep pipeline continues to actively pursue Australian deals. This has created significant competition in Australia and seen infrastructure investors increasingly focus on a broader class of assets.

Which way now? Australian infrastructure expertise and cross-border investment flows
NAB Infrastructure Survey 2018

NAB Infrastructure Survey 2018

4 July 2018

New research released today by NAB shows electricity and roads have the biggest impact on our daily lives - affecting almost 1 in 2 people (either positively or negatively).

NAB Infrastructure Survey 2018
More investment in renewable energy projects

More investment in renewable energy projects

18 June 2018

Major Australian organisations are now directly investing in large-scale renewable energy projects through the new NAB Low Carbon Shared Portfolio, the first of its kind in Australia.

More investment in renewable energy projects
Powering into the Australian market

Powering into the Australian market

31 May 2018

Breaking into the Australian renewable energy market with a new mode of financing was a great challenge and a golden opportunity for Goldwind. Three deals later, the company’s aiming to power one million Australian homes.

Powering into the Australian market
Another evolutionary step in sustainable funding

Another evolutionary step in sustainable funding

23 May 2018

The launch of the green-loan principles (GLPs) presents an opportunity for another evolutionary step in sustainable funding. By standardising and codifying what qualifies as green bank lending, the GLPs could make sustainable finance relevant to a wider cohort of borrowers according to David Jenkins, director, sustainable capital markets at NAB.

Another evolutionary step in sustainable funding
Yield hungry investors head to Oz

Yield hungry investors head to Oz

17 May 2018

NAB and Asiamoney's latest poll on Asian and European investors’ appetite for Australian debt tells a story of consistency and stability as the region presents a safe option amid turbulence - while also offering sustainable opportunities.

Yield hungry investors head to Oz
Helping to finance the hospitals of the future

Helping to finance the hospitals of the future

31 January 2018

As the cost of healthcare continues to rise, state and federal government budgets are facing a growing challenge of balancing the competing needs of health-care expenditure with other areas of spending such as schools and roads.

Helping to finance the hospitals of the future
Nuance the watchword for Australian-market renaissance

Nuance the watchword for Australian-market renaissance

8 January 2018

In a wide-ranging state-of-the-market perspective, Steve Lambert, Executive General Manager, Corporate Finance at NAB, attributes Australian transaction breakthroughs in 2017 to long-term positive trends on the demand side.

Nuance the watchword for Australian-market renaissance
NAB champions community-led approach to social infrastructure

NAB champions community-led approach to social infrastructure

11 December 2017

Reduced government funding and a growing population are forcing local councils to find alternative funding for public assets and community projects. NAB has already started filling the gap, with new mechanisms opening up funding sources usually closed to small lenders.

NAB champions community-led approach to social infrastructure
Talking infrastructure

Talking infrastructure

29 November 2017

Mike Baird, NAB’s Chief Customer Officer-Corporate and Institutional Banking talks to the opportunities the infrastructure market offers and how our clients can benefit from Australia’s infrastructure investment.

Talking infrastructure
Adaptation finance: is the investing climate about to change?

Adaptation finance: is the investing climate about to change?

23 October 2017

It’s among the top three challenges facing us all according to the World Economic Forum – climate change adaptation. But there are challenges to financing such investments in Australia. How can we ensure critical infrastructure is resilient for a changing climate, integrating physical risk into investment practices?

Adaptation finance: is the investing climate about to change?
Riding the infrastructure boom

Riding the infrastructure boom

18 August 2017

After the recent investor jitters triggered by the failure of some Public Private Partnership (PPP) toll roads, it looks like a new wave of infrastructure PPPs, kick-started by Federal and State Government investment, are making a strong comeback.

Riding the infrastructure boom
DIY infrastructure – why wait for Government?

DIY infrastructure – why wait for Government?

27 June 2017

This paper calls for customer-led infrastructure and specifically identifies examples of the 'DIY protagonist - those individuals, businesses and communities who have identified a need for specific infrastructure and have made it happen.

DIY infrastructure – why wait for Government?
Socially responsible investing in Australia

Socially responsible investing in Australia

15 June 2017

Socially responsible investing (SRI) means integrating non-financial factors – such as ethical, social or environmental concerns – into the investment process with the aim of earning both a financial return and a moral ‘return’.

Socially responsible investing in Australia
Spotlight on Northern Australia infrastructure

Spotlight on Northern Australia infrastructure

15 May 2017

The Federal Government is committed to accelerating economic infrastructure investment in Northern Australia. Up to $5bn in concessional loans to accelerate that investment - are available.

Spotlight on Northern Australia infrastructure
Turning to customers for the answers: Australia’s future infrastructure

Turning to customers for the answers: Australia’s future infrastructure

1 May 2017

Research by NAB shows Australians don’t think about infrastructure projects as just concrete, bricks and mortar, but rather as the services or conveniences that are derived from them. The role of the customer, and their satisfaction, has been a weakness in the infrastructure governance settings for some time.

Turning to customers for the answers: Australia’s future infrastructure
Impact investing – mixing profits with purpose

Impact investing – mixing profits with purpose

20 April 2017

Impact investing (sometimes also referred to as mission-related investing) is an investment strategy where an investor proactively makes investments that can generate both financial returns, as well as intentional social or environmental returns for the community.

Impact investing – mixing profits with purpose
The infrastructure funding lesson Canada can teach Australia

The infrastructure funding lesson Canada can teach Australia

9 March 2017

Australia and Canada are both running infrastructure deficits and require significant investment to continue to foster economic activity and maintain core social services. NAB’s Chief Customer Officer (Acting) - Corporate & Institutional Banking discusses the key area of infrastructure that Australia needs to do better: funding.

The infrastructure funding lesson Canada can teach Australia
Australian infrastructure: Better Infrastructure Initiative

Australian infrastructure: Better Infrastructure Initiative

15 September 2016

Conversations about the role infrastructure plays often begins from the perspective of what we don’t yet have, what doesn’t work well, and how much more money we need to deliver better outcomes. NAB believes we are better served by reframing that conversation into one which first acknowledges the wealth of the existing infrastructure framework.

Australian infrastructure: Better Infrastructure Initiative
Infrastructure Bonds: A missing market For retail investors?

Infrastructure Bonds: A missing market For retail investors?

22 July 2016

This is the sixth in a series of reports prepared by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies for National Australia Bank aimed at explaining the potential role of corporate bonds in retail investor portfolios and promoting growth of the corporate bond market.

Infrastructure Bonds: A missing market For retail investors?
Funding Australia’s infrastructure future

Funding Australia’s infrastructure future

9 January 2015

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia estimates that $700 billion of funding is needed over the next decade to finance the long term infrastructure investments – the nation building – we need to secure our future. We look at the building blocks that are falling into place.

Funding Australia’s infrastructure future
What the Federal Budget means for infrastructure

What the Federal Budget means for infrastructure

14 May 2014

The infrastructure sector was one of the big winners in the Federal Budget, with the share of infrastructure spending rising in both dollar terms and as a share of government spending. This should go some way in helping to fill the void left by retreating mining investment.

What the Federal Budget means for infrastructure
Transport & Logistics Sector Insights – July 2012

Transport & Logistics Sector Insights – July 2012

31 July 2012

NAB’s Sector Insight reports utilise our expertise across a range of industry sectors to explore current issues, present forward looking views and opportunities for growth and progression. Our reports also include some perspectives from respected industry leaders in each edition. Welcome to our 2012 publication of Sector Insights: Transport & Logistics. In this edition, we […]

Transport & Logistics Sector Insights – July 2012