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Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... to tackle social issues at scale." Big Society Capital in the UK is funded by four large banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS. "There's lots of value in the Taskforce's recommendations and ideas - in particular that governments can help ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... material respects, in accordance with the relevant international principles and guidelines. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Barclays Bank PLC and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Limited acted as joint sustainability coordinators ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... customers, according to the survey. Cottier noted that the 2019 survey was conducted in the wake of the Royal Commission into Banking, which could have influenced responses. "There has been a lot more focus on governance since the Royal Commission, and ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the next highest searched exclusion of human rights, and these searches are evenly spread across super, investments and banking products, O'Connor noted. O'Connor also pointed out that the demographic of users of the site are young - 65% are ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... been certified by international standards such as VCS or Gold Standard, the project developers have undergone a strict banking due diligence and lastly, the projects have been reviewed and validated by a sustainability committee, comprised of industry ...

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Power. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is financing the HoldCo facility, while DZ Bank AG, Nord/LB and Westpac Banking Corporation are providing the senior debt loan, Genex said. "The senior debt has the security of the assets and the HoldCo ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong, where he grew the trading business by more than 190% in three years. Prior to that he worked in investment banking at companies including NAB, ABN AMRO and BZW in APAC, the UK and Australia, as well as serving as Head of Markets at the Australian ...

Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... responsiveness, citizenship, property and dignity. He then compared that standard to the FASEA Code of Ethics, and the Banking Code of Ethics, and said that in his analysis, while both standards had references to the first six, they were missing references ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... aren't even unique at a global level - a 2017 report by Vigeo Eiris examined the responsible and ethical culture in banking and finance around the world. The report examined 52 diversified banks - Europe (31 companies), North America (12 companies) ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... government is delivering for the people of NSW." The joint lead managers of the transaction are Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Merrill Lynch (Australia) Futures Limited, and National Australia Bank Limited. TCorp, the investment and ...