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Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... investor based, enhanced visibility, strengthened stakeholder relations and new business lines as a result of issuing green bonds, according to a global survey carried out by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Issuance of green bonds in Southeast Asia almost doubled to reach US$7.8 billion in 2019, according to research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative, supported by HSBC, launched the ASEAN ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... classifying research going grown and changed as it's been applied? Pablo : We have four standards (GRI, SASB, the SDGs and Climate Bonds Initiate), and we developed our own aggregation of those and every single article is tagged with our aggregate version ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... lower weighting in FTSE Russell's new Climate WGBI - an index which adjusts the weightings of 22 developed market government bonds to reduce climate risk exposure for investors," Chateau said. In order to be compliant to a 2C warming, the country should ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... evaluated by Vigeo Eiris and Japan Credit Rating Agency, receiving the highest level of assurance from both agencies. The Green Bonds issuance was facilitated by Credit Agricole CIB, DBS Bank Ltd, ING and MUFG serving as Joint Global Coordinators and ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... sheet with this ground-breaking deal," said Greg Botham, Sydney Airport CFO. "The continued issuance of our longest ever bonds at attractive pricing followed an extensive debt investor update throughout the US, with strong demand across three different ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... support to increase outcomes-based contracting, which is a popular structure for social impact deals. Existing social impact bonds in NSW and SA, such as the Newpin Social Benefit Bond and the Aspire Social Impact Bond are based on outcomes-based contracts. ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Framework, defining an entire portfolio of sustainable assets and designed to support sustainability-linked bonds and loans. Anthony Boyd, chief financial officer, Frasers Property Australia The announcement of the framework comes ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Insight Investment predicts issuance of green bonds could hit close to US$300 billion in 2020, and the global fund manager is continuing its call for increased transparency and a "clear demonstration of positive impact." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... income ETF, GBND, in 2019. GBND is based on a diversified portfolio of fixed-rate, investment-grade global and Australian bonds, with a significant allocation to green bonds. "The amount of sentiment and visibility around the climate change issues is ...