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ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... of Singapore Chief Sustainability Officer Darian McBain, as well as industry experts across regulators, fund managers, banking and asset owners. FS Sustainability is proud to be a media partner of the ASFI Summit and will provide coverage of the event. ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... injurious and in companies which primarily operate in such sectors - i.e. tobacco, gambling, adult entertainment, conventional banking and insurance, pork, and weapons. The Hejaz Equities Fund is a growth fund with exposure to a diversified global equities ...

ACCU demand to rise with Climate Active certification: CBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... professional, scientific and technical services industry, with 99 entities receiving Climate Active certification. Next highest is banking and finance on 62 and building and construction and food and beverage each on 33. Whilst there are differing standards ...

CEFC, ANZ provide discount finance for SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... crucial assets to help them grow their business, in a sustainable way," said ANZ managing director of commercial and private banking Isaac Rankin. "We are seeing many of our customers change how their businesses operate, moving towards a more sustainable ...

Singapore to issue inaugural sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Standards 2018. MAS has appointed DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS), Deutsche Bank AG Singapore Branch (DB), the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Singapore Branch (HSBC), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC), and Standard Chartered Bank ...

Westpac sets 2030 net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... quarter by 2030 as part of a package of new net zero by 2050 commitments. Westpac has also joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) as part of these commitments. "For Westpac, our commitment to net-zero is about reducing our operational ...

CBA expands ESG term deposit to foreign currencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... its responsible investment certification program. "We had a pool of sustainability-linked loans from the institutional banking side that was seeing a lot of growth," CBA senior associate in ESG solutions Jessie Xiao. "We thought, OK, that's an asset ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... (except Australian) and every asset class. "The relative resilience of Australian equities reflects the commodity and banking bias on the market. The Australian stock market is one of the highest yielding in the world and that has proven a big draw in ...

Heritage Bank hires first ESG and sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... of ESG to Heritage staff and members. "As societal sentiment shifts to be more climate aware and focus on responsible banking, we have a greater need to be sustainable," Masci said. "For the banking sector there has been a significant shift to grow and ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... ESG advisor from KEAL Capital, now part of Melqart, where he was a partner. He has almost three decades of investment banking and funds experience, including senior roles in finance, risk and,arkets at global firms such as Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns ...