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Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... security, worth $185 million. The ABS was arranged by NAB and was heavily oversubscribed. It was assigned a Aaa rating by Moody's. Brighte Founder and CEO Katherine McConnell said the deal reflected the strong investor demand for high performing sustainable ...

MUFG, First Sentier announce head of Sustainable Investment Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... ratings, ESG methodology enhancements and developing new products. She has also held roles as a credit ratings analyst at Moody's and was a senior associate in audit at PwC. The Institute was launched in May 2021 to publish proprietary, high-quality ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, HSBC, AMP Capital, EY, Point Advisory, S&P Global, Link Group, Allianz, Moody's ESG, and Metrics. The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute will oversee and drive the delivery of the roadmap. This ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... a vote on its Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) reporting, joining Glencore, Unilever, Aena and Moody's. "We meet with the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) group regularly at the Board, Executive Committee and climate team levels ...

Solar, residential financier issues certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A leading digital first finance provider for solar and home improvements has announced Australia's first 100% green certified asset backed securitisation (ABS). Brighte's has issued a $190 million ABS, solely arranged by National Australia Bank. ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... matters was a mere 0.54 (with 1 representing perfect correlation) compared with a 0.99 correlation between credit ratings by Moody's and S&P. In Australia, the recent Juukan Gorge controversy added fuel to this concern: the mining company Rio Tinto that ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... is a floating rate note and Bank Australia is applying such that it is RBA repo eligible. The bank is S&P BBB rated and Moody's BAA1 rated, and Bank Australia is going through the rating process on the sustainability bond at the moment, Dawson said.

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Credit Ratings Statement (representing more than US$26 trillion of assets under management), as well as 15 CRAs - including Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings - as well as smaller, specialised regional players. PRI noted that this indicates ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Investors and financial service providers are seeking climate change solutions and tools to assess how companies are applying strategies such as climate change scenario planning. That was the theme of part of the Investor Group on Climate Change's (IGCC) ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... yielding 3.7425%, NAB said. The order book peaked at more than $500 million, NAB said. The debt is rated Aa2 (Stable) by Moody's Investors Service. The sustainability bond is aligned with the June 2017 update of the International Capital Markets Association ...