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U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral initiatives, including the EU Commission's life cycle harmonisation pilot phase, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme. "I believe that sustainable finance and sustainable infrastructure ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... globally. "This is an important wake-up call to the industry," said Stefen Shin, AIIB principal investment officer, capital markets and structured products. "For climate-aligned finance to become mainstream, Asia must now come fully on board. To mobilize ...

The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... account ESG factors is now a mainstream investment issue for all fund trustee boards, their fiduciaries and the capital markets," said Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker Group. Illustrating this, almost two thirds of Australia's investment ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... SSGA. "Our participation will add breadth and depth to CBI's objectives in developing a green and climate-aware capital markets infrastructure, that is accessible to institutional and retail fund investors around the world."

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... to marry up against each other, otherwise it doesn't make sense." Beyond that, Freedman noted that the debt capital markets have gained influence due to the enhanced focus on the balance sheet. "This will likely remain for some time in a post-coronavirus ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 issuance in Australia. "We're speaking with clients and there is some interest, and we remain hopeful that capital markets will come back to normal, but that might be a while yet," Chen said. "The states and sovereigns would be obvious candidates ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... response to the novel coronavirus. Further, if companies bought their own shares back at a market peak and then tap capital markets for new equity in this time of crisis, they are diluting their current shareholders' value to pay past one, Berrutti said. ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
GRI has hired two senior staff at its Amsterdam headquarters - a director of capital markets engagement and a head of policy. Siobhan Cleary is the new director of capital markets engagement, a newly created role. She joins 1 May and will be responsible ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable value creation and it's clear our investors, institutional and retail, see it the same way, as do the debt capital markets." The social metrics aim to increase Indigenous employment levels across the Wesfarmers Group's Australian workforce ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... listed on the Singapore Exchange. "This is a significant milestone for Vena Energy as we access the international capital markets, and an affirmation of the positive contributions that we have made to the environment and host communities in the Asia-Pacific ...