Ashburton Investments, part of the FirstRand group, invested in the Cape Water Performance-Based Bond [MS].
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In the register
The register follows instruments whose terms depend on a verified ecological outcome, the broad family of the performance-based bond. The register index explains its tiers, roles and claim tags.
| Deal | Year | Family | Role | Amount | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Water Performance-Based Bond (FR31PB) | 2026 | Outcome-linked bond | Investor | Not disclosed | [MS] |
Ashburton is a related party to the issuer, FirstRand Bank. With the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund, Optimum Investment Group and Sanlam Life, it holds roughly R316 million of the bond between them, on the disclosed figures for the three co-anchors.
Related
- Nature Performance Bond Investor Register
- FirstRand Bank
- Rand Merchant Bank
- FirstRand Foundation
- International Finance Corporation
- Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
- Optimum Investment Group
- Sanlam Life
- Why Three Investors Anchored the Cape Water Bond
- Performance-Based Water Bonds
References
- FSD Africa, “FirstRand Bank issues inaugural nature-linked outcomes-based bond” (April 2026)
- Africa Global Funds, FirstRand outcomes-based bond (2 April 2026)
Provenance
Drafted on 15 October 2026 from the research brief Nature performance bond investors.md, compiled the same day from five research strands: outcome-linked and sustainability-linked bonds, environmental impact bonds, debt-for-nature conversions, insurers and reinsurers, and the largest asset managers with their regulatory context. Claim tags follow the brief, which never upgraded a claim without a source and lowered to [MS] any claim a research note had graded [IC] on the strength of a company’s own release. The headquarters country in based_in comes from general knowledge unless a deal record states it, and is to be confirmed. The brief’s search had limits: fund holdings filings, municipal bond disclosures and the Oxford INDIGO and Brookings impact bond databases were not searched, so a deal missing from this page may exist.