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CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable corporate bonds issued by Australian and international issuers, as well as cash. It aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0-5 Year Index benchmark. "Having the CEFC follow on from their initial investment is not only a great ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Aid, the US DFC, Nuveen, ANZ and others. The sustainable bond sector is growing quickly - according to data from Bloomberg, total cumulative ESG issuance passed the $3 trillion mark as of 30 September 2022. IIX cited analysis from Moody's ...

Podcast: Harnessing emissions data to drive climate impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Patricia Torres, head of sustainable finance solutions, Bloomberg talks about the urgent challenge on managing climate risk over the next eight years, and what would constitute a successful outcome at COP27.

Twiggy Forrest invests in Ukraine's post-war green future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, and the international business community including UN Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg, chairman and CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink and their teams. "Ukraine can enter a golden era," Forrest said. "By business backing ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... developing green hydrogen assets - to its portfolio across multiple markets. BlackRock further cited statistics from Bloomberg New Energy Finance which project that "345GW of battery storage capacity will be added globally by 2030 with the Asia-Pacific ...

Sustainable debt, finance in strong start to 2022: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... (LoanConnector) shows almost 17 billion in US dollar terms year to date across green and sustainability-linked loans. According to Bloomberg, volumes for the first half across these formats (as at 31 May) are on par with (slightly above) the first half ...

Westpac, CEFC join Australian Industry ETI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia with support from the Energy Transitions Commission, the Australian Industry ETI's knowledge partners include Bloomberg NEF, Rocky Mountain Institute and CSIRO. The initiative is funded by philanthropy, company contributions and the Australian ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable corporate bonds issued by Australian and international issuers, as well as cash. It aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0-5 Year Index benchmark. "We can only invest in labelled bonds - bonds that are green, sustainable or ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Westpac has structured a $350 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) that ties the interest rate to how a company performs on social issues that are material to the company's performance. The three year loan to G8 Education, Australia's largest ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... outperforming those with lower ratings, especially during market turbulence." MSCI applied its ESG Ratings to companies in the Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Index and found that the overall ESG score had a stronger correlation than individual ...