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Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Singapore has announced the Singapore Green Plan 2030 with detailed carbon-reduction targets and Hong Kong has launched a Green Bond Framework "intended to support sustainable development and facilitate regular issuance." In the area of impact investing ...

Predictions for robust investment in green transition, sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... transactions will reach a total of between USD 2.3 trillion and USD 2.6 trillion next year, driven mainly by strong growth in green bond issuance. "After a decade in which clean energy investment was capped at USD 300 billion, we expect a jump to close ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... in March. CLNE track the S&P Global Clean Energy Index, and has returned 10.76% since inception. "The demand for clean, green energy and the inevitable transition away from scarce non-renewable fuels is a global mega-trend offering huge investment potential," ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure and housing. One of the highlights TCorp pointed to was the October 2020 issuance of a 10-year, $1.3 billion green bond, which TCorp noted establish the first ESG curve by an Australian semi-government issuer. The Sustainability Bond Programme ...

CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank has announced two green finance transactions with separate investors that total another $250 million in green finance vehicles. IFM Investors has entered into a $200 million fixed-rate, Environmental, Social and Governance Term Deposit ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors (FSI) has structured a $750 million cash advance facility with a certified green tranche for its Global Diversified Infrastructure Fund (GDIF). The cash advance facility allows GDIF to fund traditional investments, while the ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... what's going to index funds is going to those with some sort of ESG overlay attached to them. We're also seeing increased green bonds issued out of the EU, on those, they're not keeping up with demand, but it's moving in the right direction." ...

Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Green financier Brighte has issued a second green asset backed security, worth $185 million. The ABS was arranged by NAB and was heavily oversubscribed. It was assigned a Aaa rating by Moody's. Brighte Founder and CEO Katherine McConnell said the deal ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... recently announced that it will purchase green sovereign bonds to encourage the development of local currency-denominated green bond markets in Asia. The RBA will also "conduct analysis to monitor the implications of climate change and related mitigation ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... where the complexity of climate change is not necessarily reflected in the available data." Kendall also noted that the green bond market is "underused". "The inclusion of targets within green bond issuance which track against mitigation and adaptation ...