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Sustainable debt, finance in strong start to 2022: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... dollar terms." Outside of Australia, it has been a quieter start to the year in the broad category of sustainability linked debt globally, Dann said at a briefing this week "To the end of May, volumes globally have been down 35% compared to first half ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... some migrant workers in Malaysia, who couldn't return home, restrictions on leaving their accommodation during lockdowns and debt incurred from fees paid to secure their jobs increased their vulnerability to exploitation." The engagement has been given ...

Strong demand for ESG managed accounts: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... report noted that the $2.77 trillion HNW investor market has grown significantly over 2021, due to a combination of lower debt, increased household savings and a surge in asset valuation. The greatest growth in investors was in the emerging HNW segment ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... nothing about it will become a challenge." "If there is no progress, or no broader plan, increasingly you're going to have less debt and more equity or a decrease in size of operations, or an increase in cost of capital." First Sentier also integrates ...

HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... The new facility comprises three $500m tranches maturing in three, four and five years respectively to refinance existing debt facilities and is linked to achieving the embedded targets that are aligned with the three pillars of the "Ramsay Cares" sustainability ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... responsible investing." Steve Rankine is the former head of asset management at Hastings Funds Management and, prior to that, MD of Debt Capital Markets at Westpac Institutional Bank. He now sits on several investment committees and boards across funds ...

Building real asset future with climate in mind: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... real estate in particular." On the infrastructure side, AXA IM Real Assets has catagorised its infrastructure equity and debt by putting them into bucks labelled green, blue or red Travalos said. "Green assets are [Climate Bond Initiative] CBI taxonomy ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... said Lucian Peppelenbos, Robeco climate strategist, at a recent briefing on the survey results. "Real estate and corporate debt continue to be important, but more attention is being paid to other asset classes including commodities, and emerging market ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... maintenance of 78 Waratah passenger trains and the maintenance centre for those trains, has 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 ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... exactly those assets are located. Also this week, Grok Ventures allocated $200 million via specialist private infrastructure debt fund manager Infradebt's Ethical Fund (IEF). About $35 million of the funds will go towards a senior debt facility for ...