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Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... short-term market volatility, which AXA IM believes "may be signifying the final stages of a bull market in equities and bonds." Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and impact investing ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... which measure should we use, what is the best price for the risk we take, but there are positive impact investing and impact bonds that we are proactively looking to find and encouraging issuance of." Murphy noted that the universe for those bonds is ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Social and Governance bond market, unlocking additional funding for development." IFC has issued a total of eight social bonds in public and private markets across four different currencies, amounting to a total volume of US$667 million. The IFC also ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... corporations to increase the use of green bond finance for infrastructure investment programs. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Figueres spoke at the Climate Bonds Initiative conference in London. The pledge has been developed by more than ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... portfolio. The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" portfolio and aims to achieve ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... products with green or social characteristics, Zileli said. "There will probably a little bit more of the same with climate bonds," she said. "Whether we look for issuing to new markets or not depends on market conditions, but we are continuing to add ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... made a $75 million cornerstone investment in that bond. The CEFC has been a cornerstone investor in nine of the 15 climate bonds issued in Australia since 2013.

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... billion (RMB248.6 billion) in 2017, a 4.5% cent increase over the previous year, according to a report issued by the Climate Bonds Initiative and China Central Depository and Clearing Co. Ltd (CCDC). Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative During ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... their holdings towards those benchmarks. Vision Super has also decreased the carbon intensity in their Australian corporate bonds portfolio. "We continued to manage carbon intensity downwards by appointing a manager without fossil fuel exposure in its ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative's Climate Bonds Partners Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Partners Program is designed to support the development of the global market for climate and ...