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NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked derivatives (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 ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Schroders to measure a company's impact across 70 categories of data, and has also been extended to cover sovereign bonds. SustainEx will provide Schroders with "that forward looking approach that will allow us to have that foresight to understand ...

Conscious Investment Management grows team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... housing; environmental infrastructure, including community rooftop solar; and deep impact products, such as social impact bonds.

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability targets of the underlying bond or loan. "This product is aligned to sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) and bonds (SLBs) so instead of being earmarked to an asset along the lines of what we call a 'use of proceeds' product such as a green ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... more homes. Only a few days after the Redfern project official opening, NHFIC successfully issued $462 million in social bonds to institutional investors including super funds. Cbus Super and HESTA, the industry fund for the healthcare sector, were reported ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... had good support from Crestone Wealth Management through their client base- they've taken the approach to make green bonds a core part of their model portfolios across their appropriate set of clients." The Green Bond Fund has continued to source ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia's first sustainability-linked bond (SLB). Wesfarmers' $1 billion issuance will see the interest rate of the bonds linked to progress against specific renewable energy and emissions performance targets. The transaction is split into ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia have partnered to identify projects to leads towards the issuance of blue impact bonds and other assets. Blue Impact Bonds for Nature will be funded by an US$800,000 grant from HSBC. TNC Australia will use the grant ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... criteria. The portfolios are actively managed and based on blue chip international and Australian socks, cash and government bonds. Approximately two thirds of the wealth manager's clientele apply some form of screening, said Klassen. The issue of ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... assets under management and focuses on social infrastructure like disability housing, deep impact, such as social impact bonds, property, including affordable housing, and environmental infrastructure. Tominc notes that the fund identifies areas of social ...