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Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... following its EUR 1 billion offering in January this year. "Despite market volatility due to the COVID-19 outbreak and other global financial market turmoil, KHFC successfully issued its new Covered Bond at a near-zero yield twice in a row, driven by ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCNA) is calling for a collaborative effort by government and business to address the serious risks to public health posed by climate change. Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director If left unaddressed, climate ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... including property repairs, higher insurance costs, property devaluation and even the complete loss of property. "As more global investors are increasing allocations to real estate and other private assets, there is a growing need to identify and understand ...

Climate change, unclear policy response pose investment risk: JANA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... longer-term, according to Dr Danyelle Guyatt from Climate Insight. The first scenario, Stated Policy Scenario, anticipates limited global policy co-ordination and the continuation of currently announced policies, which would equate to 3 degree increase ...

Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... topics of climate change and water scarcity. In response to this, Fidelity International - Australia is now launching a global equity fund focused on waste and water, which sits neatly within an over-arching ESG investment framework."

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... risks that require a transformational investment approach to convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer The report, Transformational Investment: Converting Global Systemic ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... 2019, and has been applied to circa 99% of companies in euro-denominated investment grade indices and circa 95% of those in global investment grade indices, Insight Investment said. The rating is a quantitative risk-analysis tool which provides a fresh ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... fund's commitment to the critical goals of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC says global emissions need to reach net zero by 2050 to create a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and State Street Global Advisors have joined the Climate Bonds Initiative's Partners Programme. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Partners Programme is designed to support investor and stakeholder ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... that the data around modern slavery risks is not comprehensive at this point in time. First Sentier uses data from the Global Slavery Index and statistics from sources like the US Department of Labor, overlayed with a series of questions that individual ...