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Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Brookfield Asset Management has raised US$10 billion for a second global transition fund. The global asset manager announced the first close of the second Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF II), which saw support from both existing and new investors. ...

Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Green bond investors find themselves navigating blind due to the lack of standardised emissions reporting methodologies, a specialist global asset manager has revealed. These impact bonds, designed to finance environmentally beneficial projects, also ...

NAB negotiates green loan with US-based renewables developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank was one of four parties serving as joint lead arrangers on a deal that saw a US-based renewable energy developer increase its revolving credit facility as a green loan. Houston-based Swift Current Energy upped its US$225 million ...

Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode, we're going to do a deeper dive into how we measure sustainable finance, and how we value the dollar impact of financing emissions-intensive activities. This is a key discussion point particularly as we look at Australia's sustainable ...

Ninety One launches emerging market transition debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Global investment manager Ninety One has launched an emerging market debt strategy that will focus on investing in company issuance that finances the transition to a lower carbon economy. The Emerging Market Transition Debt (EMTD) will aim to provide ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australia ranked as the sixth country in terms of climate policy developments in 2023, but experts are concerned that the country is "playing catch up". At the top of the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)'s list was the US with 38 policy developments ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
BlueScope Steel and LIBERTY Steel Australia have received a combined total of $200 million in grant funding from the federal government for projects that will lower emissions in steel production. The funding is drawn from the government's Powering the ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Origin is on the hunt for a new chief financial officer following the announcement of Lawrie Tremaine's retirement. Tremaine joined Origin as chief financial officer in mid-2017 and Origin cited Tremaine's role in the "successful repositioning, capital ...

Social and governance factors top "new risk reality"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Social and governance risk are gaining traction as a focus for corporates, as these topics become recognised as central to sustainability - now an essential in today's climate-conscious world. In a shifting corporate risk environment, governance ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Mirova and Robeco have led a group of investors with more than US$2 trillion of AUM to develop a global database of greenhouse gas emission avoidance factors to help facilitate transition finance. The initiative, supported by 10 founding partners including ...