Search Results

Showing 111 - 120 of 407 results for "bonds"

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC Asset Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score ...

CFOs see ESG action as central: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainability-lined finance makes its own case for ESG action. "Organisations can tap capital through things like green loans, green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, and these have interest rate differentials which bring a positive financial impact ...

Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to change." Identifying those opportunities comes with fundamental analysis and engagement as well as investing in green bonds and social bonds, Kendall noted. Insight has recently launched an impact strategy. Improvements in data around measurement ...

TCorp issues $1.5 billion sustainability bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... fourth bond issued under the NSW Sustainability Bond Programme, the second in sustainability format, and brings the total bonds on issue to $6.7 billion. The joint lead managers for the transaction are Bank of America, Citi, UBS and Westpac. Interest ...

Conscious Investment Management expands investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... The impact fund focuses on investing in social infrastructure like disability housing, deep impact, such as social impact bonds, property, including affordable housing, and environmental infrastructure.

Stakeholder capitalism key to long-term returns: Fink

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... their shareholders. "Companies that deliver are reaping the rewards. Our research shows that companies who forged strong bonds with their employees have seen lower levels of turnover and higher returns through the pandemic." Fink linked these strands ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... five clients already invested. This is a 160% year-on-year increase in assets." Looking ahead, UBS also sees sustainable bonds as a key growth area for Asia, having grown "significantly" over the past five years. "In 2021, the total ESG bond issuance ...

Predictions for robust investment in green transition, sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... and Asia, as well as supranational institutions and sovereigns in Europe, including the EU. SEB added that sustainability bonds will also take off in 2022, with their baseline scenario predicting that new issuance of sustainability bonds will increase ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia said they have partnered to identify projects to leads towards the issuance of blue impact bonds and other assets. Blue Impact Bonds for Nature will be funded by an US$800,000 grant from HSBC. TNC Australia will use ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... financial year. In its most recent sustainability report, TCorp reviewed the performance of the $5.2 billion in green and social bonds on issue. TCorp noted that in 2021, new green and social projects were added to the asset pool to which bond proceeds ...