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Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... capital and capacity to tackle social issues at scale." Big Society Capital in the UK is funded by four large banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS. "There's lots of value in the Taskforce's recommendations and ideas - in particular that ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... accordance with the relevant international principles and guidelines. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Barclays Bank PLC and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Limited acted as joint sustainability coordinators for the setting ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Management has launched a new unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund. The fund is benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-Fossil Fuels Index and is AUD hedged. It is "designed for ESG-aware investors seeking ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... swap rate, with a yield of 0.643%. It was primarily distributed to European institutional investors. ANZ, HSBC, BNP and Barclays acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction." The proceeds are intended to support projects offering broad social, economic ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... management in Australia, and offers investors exposure to an actively managed global bond fund, benchmarked to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, according to Legg Mason. Western Asset Management has $56 billion in funds under management ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... swap rate, with a yield of 0.643%. It was primarily distributed to European institutional investors. ANZ, HSBC, BNP and Barclays acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction." The proceeds are intended to support projects offering broad social, economic ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... business ethics are observed only in ten banks (19.2%)." The report notes that BNP Paribas, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays disclose the related quantitative targets. A third of the diversified banks - 17 companies - instituted formal training ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... groups, researchers, and asset consultants. She has more than 15 years' experience to the role, having recently worked with Barclays Global Investors and as a key account executive at IOOF. Dam and Robb will be a part of the Client Relationships team ...

ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... greater disclosure from our customers about their climate related risks and opportunities." ANZ and NAB will work with Barclays, Bradesco, Citi, Itau, Royal Bank of Canada, Santander, Standard Chartered, TD Bank Group, and UBS. "We recognise the growing ...

UCA Funds Management names Katherine Allchin to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... services, and knowledge of retail and institutional funds management. She has previously worked as managing director at Barclays Global Investors for 11 years. In 2010, she founded Vinva Investment Management, a boutique Australian and Asian equity funds ...