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Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... understand. Our strong preference for simple savings and loan banks, versus an investment bank, or a bank with significant capital markets activities. "The second category is what Nick describes as required infrastructure- physical or intangible, a telecoms ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... experience of microfinance organisations and is designed to blend philanthropy to address barriers to growth and private capital to fund scale." "What my co-founder and I decided is that we wanted to seek out a professional, socially motivated organisation ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... environmental impacts, and intend to use that framework towards other assets. The process is based around the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles, which has four core components - use of proceeds, process for project ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
ANZ has launched and priced its first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. Katharine Tapley, head of sustainable finance solutions (SFS), loans and specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 ...

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... for growth: a greener 'Belt and Road Initiative'; increasing green sovereign and sub-sovereign issuance; inter-country capital flows supporting green bond market growth; a growing role for Hong Kong; a 'Green Bond Connect' to help international investors ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... climate-change related issues, particularly with the energy transition so firmly underway. There is a lot of desirability from capital markets to shifting to lower carbon on assets and investments. That will play out through engagements with companies ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... methodology to measure and disclose these risks will serve to enhance overall risk management and better inform strategic capital allocation decisions. This integration of climate risk factors within existing frameworks will help underpin meaningful ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
High to severe environmental, social or governance (ESG) incidents are associated with a 6% average decline in market capitalisation for affected companies over a short-term period, according to a new report by Sustainalytics. Martin Vezer, senior associate ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... technologies with the potential to prompt a reassessment of the value of a large range of assets, and consequently the value of capital and investments. But that doesn't mean these risks are unmanageable, or that the impacts on businesses and the wider ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... majority say that engaging with a broad range of stakeholders is a key factor, according to EY and its latest Australasian Capital Confidence Barometer. David Larocca, EY Oceania Transaction Advisory Services leader The Barometer, which is published ...