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CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Repurchase Agreement (Green Repo) with Northern Trust. The repo transaction is the world's first transaction certified by Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). It provides funding to finance or refinance green-labelled assets such as energy efficient buildings ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Market Association (APLMA)'s Green Loan Principles. Eligible asset categories are defined in the framework under Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) standards and the EU Taxonomy, and include renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, clean transportation ...

Best ESG super, investment products revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... reviewed MySuper products and asset classes that include growth, balanced, moderate (capital stable), equities, property, bonds, cash and ESG investment options, Rainmaker executive director Alex Dunnin told Financial Standard. "It must be said that ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... ratings services for stocks and bond issuance is increasing. "We're seeing the data screens and ratings of individual bonds, individual stocks starting to slowly catch up to the demand," Drennan said. Drennan also noted that fund managers are also ...

BetaShares appoints director of responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... which combine the ethically screened direct equities with BetaShares' leading ethical global equities and diversified bonds ETFs (ASX: ETHI and ASX: GBND). ETHI currently holds approximately $2 billion in assets under management.

BetaShares launches ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... SMAs which combine the ethically screened direct equities with BetaShares' leading ethical global equities and diversified bonds ETFs (ASX: ETHI and ASX: GBND). ETHI currently holds approximately $2 billion in assets under management. BetaShares chief ...

Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... home improvements. The ABS is structured such that 85% are green notes with six classes of Climate Bond Certified Green Bonds. Proceeds from the issuance used to finance solar energy and related assets, Brighte said. The Class G-NG Notes will be retained ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... said it will continue to invest in the Asian Bond Fund, which has 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 ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... for the bank. The new SLDs include swaps, cross currency swaps, interest rate and executed alongside sustainability linked bonds or sustainability linked loans. An SLD has a pricing component tied to the sustainability targets of the underlying bond ...

Conscious Investment Management invests in Victorian development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021  |  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. Conscious Investment Management focuses on building ...