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Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainability focus and Impact investing assets grew by 63% to US$207 billion, said Desmond Kuek, head of sustainable finance, Asia Pacific and global head of sustainable finance group, group sustainability and impact, UBS. Within UBS's global asset ...

Predictions for robust investment in green transition, sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... transition will charge ahead in 2022 and beyond, with different implications for key commodities, countries, and sustainable finance. Barclays recently released a report, Mining the green transition, which assessed five key metals: copper, lithium, aluminium ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... government," said Rob Kenna, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp. "There are two government committees around sustainable finance with joint representation at each, so you do have that overarching NSW policy view embedded in the program. "The debate ...

Treasury Wine Estates inks sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability journey with the first ever Sustainability Linked Loan for the company," said Noemie Peiffer, head of sustainable finance, capital markets group, global banking Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas. "As one of the largest wine companies in the ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... under both the Climate Bond Initiative standards and the EU Green taxonomy," said Camille Wynter, director, sustainable finance at Commonwealth Bank. The framework for the green tranche was externally verified by second party opinion provider DMV, in ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability. "Under [Citi CEO] Jane Fraser's leadership, we have made commitments in terms of US$1 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030, which includes a US$500 billion environmental finance goal and a US$500 billion social finance goal," Southall ...

Regulatory action on ESG a key concern for investors: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... proscriptive approach to ESG investment reporting, or a principles-based approach? A: The European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is proscriptive. The rationale behind this is that the European Union wants to put measures in place ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... targets that are both credible and ambitious, the same logic applies to a derivative," said NAB global head of sustainable finance David Jenkins. NAB announced in September that it would offer sustainability-linked derivatives in Australia, building ...

Paradice Investment Management hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... ownership in early 2019. Recently, Maddy helped prepare Pendal Group's UK business for the introduction of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). "I am very happy to welcome Maddy to the team, her skillset and experience is a valued ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... are not mutually exclusive. "Australia is in the early stages of a clean energy transition and a shift to sustainable finance. Funds such as the Green and Sustainable Bond Fund can capitalise on both these trends, providing an important new investment ...