Mackenzie Investments is the only buyer other than Nuveen named in all three World Bank nature outcome bonds [MS].
Right of reply
This page describes Mackenzie Investments only through its published statements and the public records of the deals listed. Mackenzie Investments has not yet been invited to comment. Responses and corrections will be recorded here with their date. On register pages, [MS] marks a claim that rests only on the institution’s own statement or on statements by parties to the same deal.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank Wildlife Conservation Bond (Rhino Bond) | 2022 | Outcome-linked bond | Investor | Not disclosed | [MS] |
| World Bank Amazon Reforestation-Linked Outcome Bond | 2024 | Outcome-linked bond | Lead investor | Not disclosed | [MS] |
| World Bank Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond | 2026 | Outcome-linked bond | Investor | Not disclosed | [MS] |
| World Bank Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond | 2024 | Adjacent | Investor | Not disclosed | [MS] |
| World Bank Clean Cooking Outcome Bond (Ghana) | 2025 | Outside scope | Investor | Not disclosed | [IC] |
What it has said
Mackenzie called the Spekboom bond its “fifth investment in the World Bank’s outcome bond program”, which matches the five deals in which the World Bank names it [MS].
Related
- Nature Performance Bond Investor Register
- Nuveen
- AllianceBernstein
- World Bank Treasury (IBRD)
- Velliv
References
- World Bank, “Investors join landmark Wildlife Conservation Bond” (31 March 2022)
- World Bank, Amazon bond investor base release (20 August 2024)
- World Bank, Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond pricing (23 April 2026)
- World Bank, Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond (24 January 2024)
- World Bank, Clean Cooking Outcome Bond (12 December 2025)
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.