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Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Corporate and Institutional Bank, National Australia Bank. "Previously, we had worked with The New South Wales TCorp and Treasury teams to set up a much broader framework in their case - an all-encompassing sustainability financing framework covering ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... cross-agency initiative." Other members of the steering group include the Environment Bureau, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the Insurance Authority and the Mandatory Provident ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... changes were not implemented as a result of that inquiry. "We've been in constant conversation with the regulators, and Treasury," Motto said. "... We have a big opportunity here to step back and say, what does need to be changed. Once the back is broken ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... managing what has to be done to make sure the longer term is improved." "Whether you're supporting the corporate and treasury function in terms of keeping investors happy, you have a valuable role in terms of being the linchpin to curate what's ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... loan facility, comprising a $500 green loan and a $250 million term loan, raised by its subsidiary, Frasers Property Treasury Pte Ltd. The decision to develop a whole of business framework for addressing green development and green finance is part of ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... bond," Trigona said. "Sustainalytics as an opinion provider, are highly regarded by the market." TCorp is working with NSW Treasury, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, and the relevant NSW Government entities, to ensure the assets ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... can be gained in the short term, but actually, it's much harder to fake over the long term. There are a few companies - Treasury Wine Estates, for example, where you have high performing, where a company has shot the lights out over a two or three year ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... report. The five largest green bond transactions to date have been led by New South Wales TCorp $1.8 billion, Queensland Treasury Corporation $1.25 billion, NAB EUR750 million ($1.2 billion) and Macquarie Group GBP500 million ($883 million). "More and ...

NSW government to issue a second Sustainability & Social Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... successfully raised $1.8 billion in 10-year funding through its first ever issue of a Green Bond late last year, the NSW Treasury department said in its budget presentation this week. The bond would allow the government to mobilise investors who can ...

UCA Funds Management rebrands as U Ethical, seeks growth, clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... credit isn't as attractive for a number of people," Browning said. "That product was designed to act effectively as a treasury management tool for institutions. It allows them to achieve a term deposit like return with daily access. It's in demand internally ...