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Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Australia Post has priced its first-ever sustainability bond, a $100 million issuance with the use of proceeds linked to environmental and social projects. Issued under an Australian Medium-Term Note (AMTN) program, the funds raised will be used to ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable future for this amazing country. An inaugural green bond issue from the Australian government, providing its use of proceeds is well received by investors, should lead to further green bond issuance from the corporate sector also. "There ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... gender-focused KPIs," she said. "There are a lot of avenues to broadening this out that's not just limited to use of proceeds." Ng says there is strong interest in the broad category of sustainability themed bonds, even in the face of economic headwinds ...

ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Capacity and Diversity in Leadership; and (3) Transparency in the Investment Process and Reporting." The bond's use of proceeds will be substantiated through a rigorous process of impact measurement and reporting, Chiorean said. "The bond is aligned ...

Altius Asset Management publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Bill Bovingdon. "The design of the portfolio does have a large component of green bonds, which is obviously a use of proceeds bond. We can look at the specific projects and impacts funded, which we did through the case studies in the report. "But we're ...

BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable Asia fixed income strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change and inclusive growth. The strategy will seek to hold sustainable labelled bonds where the potential use of proceeds is naturally aligned with aspects of sustainable cities, such as clean transport, renewable energy or healthcare infrastructure ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... broader interest in ESG and embedding ESG in the assessment of issuers, but that is not to the exclusion of the use of proceeds programme." The programme is aligned with the ICMA green and social bond principles, the Climate Bond Initiative and the UN ...

CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... individual company KPIs, the Agri Green Loan Pilot would result in a program that finances broader categories of use of proceeds activities, where the discounted rate is applied to qualifying projects that are verified, Harvey said. "Clearly it will ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... out companies that are good quality companies; we're going much higher impact by just investing in bonds with a use of proceeds to certain projects." Artesian uses a three-stage process to evaluate bond issuance, evaluating a company and its performance ...

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) and bonds (SLBs) so instead of being earmarked to an asset along the lines of what we call a 'use of proceeds' product such as a green bond or social bond," said Tessa Dann, a director in ANZ's sustainable finance team. ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

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Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

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