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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... is currently no internationally agreed framework for assessing climate risks and opportunities associated with sovereign debt instruments. The Commonwealth will continue to engage with asset owners and relevant stakeholders to keep investors informed ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... targets on engagement. In 2023, 100% of members sat engagement targets. More members set sub-portfolio targets in corporate debt, listed equity, and directly held real estate, growing from 41 members in 2022 to 67 in 2023. Members set sub-portfolio targets ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... get that translation right," Yazbek-Martin said. Yazbek-Martin particularly highlighted opportunities for banks to develop debt products that can specifically assist in financing activities that have nature-positive benefits. She also pointed to the ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... are in line with, or have a head start, on their transition pathways. Companies that aren't on the curve have a carbon debt, for want of a better term. They will have to pay for that by accelerating capital expenditure, investing in more efficient ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable energy development platforms with a global remit, ZEN Noted. She has capital market experience in M&A, investing, debt and equity raising, as well as institutional-level governance and operational rigour. "Phillipa joins us as we transition ...

NZ solar attracts $170 million international capital raise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... green loan coordinator for structuring the issuance and corporate green financing framework. It is NZGIF's first private debt placement with international co-investors, and the first issuance by a New Zealand-based financial institution to secure ...

What's exciting about water infrastructure?

TIM HUMPHREYS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... offer elements of yield and growth. Yield comes through the allowable return regulators support given prevailing returns on debt and equity for infrastructure assets. Growth comes from the expansion of the total asset value of the utility, which can ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... said Seven Advisory managing director Mary Delahunty. "What we have had in the past is for institutions to participate as a debt provider, but that's really constraining - you're expecting housing to be delivered by community housing associations that ...

IFM Investors creates head of sustainable investment role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... growing team of sustainable investment professionals at IFM, which work closely across IFM's asset classes of infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity. "Positive change is urgently required in the real economy and IFM Investors' position ...

Australia the guinea pig for PRI sovereign engagement pilot

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure to systemic climate-related risks. These risks encompass not only financial elements like the value of sovereign debt investments but also broader concerns such as the competitiveness of national economies and the stability of global economic ...