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Podcast: Integrating ESG in fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... finding transparent, comparable and meaningful ESG data relevant to fixed income securities and the role of sustainable bonds. We speak with MFS fixed income research Analyst Mahesh Jayakumar and ISS head of ESG for Australia and New Zealand Julia Le ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... the investment manager and administrator. It is set up as a managed investment scheme. The fund features a mix of green bonds, publicly-listed stocks and privately-held projects (such as solar farms), the latter of which were only previously available ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... important, but more attention is being paid to other asset classes including commodities, and emerging market corporate bonds." Peppelenbos noted that there is "a strong continued confidence in engagement as a driver of change," with 73% of respondents ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... of sectors - from social and affordable housing and Specialist Disability Accommodation, to renewables, and social impact bonds. CIM has expanded its investment team recently, appointing Queenie Tran as director in January. Tran will lead Conscious Investment ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... amount of carbon emissions for its total portfolio allocation - Active Super currently allocates 12% of its portfolio to bonds - excluding short-term fixed interest - while international equities comprises 22% of the portfolio. "Fixed income is a large ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... refinanced all its existing bank debt facilities with the transaction. The GSLL is certified as a green loan by the Climate Bonds Initiative under its Low Carbon Transport criteria, as well as being a Sustainability-Linked Loan. The GSLL structure incentivises ...

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 ...