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Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... place can issue covid-19 related bonds, provided there are COVID-19 response related expenditures to fund." Sovereign and semi-sovereign entities would be most likely to issue COVID-19 bonds, or have bonds with a COVID-19 related tranche, but there's ...

Responsible investment a fundamental practice in NZ: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Fund acted swiftly in the wake of this tragedy to exclude companies involved in the manufacture of civilian automatic and semi-automatic firearms, magazines or parts prohibited under New Zealand law. The move reflected the passing of the Arms (Prohibited ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in climate solutions can bring a low carbon transition premium for institutional investors, increasing the urgency for investors to gauge short term as well as long-term impacts of climate change according to new research from Mercer. Helga ...

NZ Super to divest from gun manufacture investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Super Fund will divest from $19 million of investments in companies involved in the manufacture of civilian automatic and semi-automatic firearms, magazines or parts prohibited under New Zealand's tough new gun law. The move by the Guardians of New Zealand ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Nanuk New World Fund is exposed to AI through companies which collect data, such as Continental and TE connectivity, supply semi-conductors, such as Lam research, Teradyne, and design chips capable of performing the many calculations needed for deep ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... supported a valued client with our deep expertise in raising debt capital." The bond is a 10-year, fixed rate bond priced at semi-quarterly coupon matched asset swap plus 97 basis points, yielding 3.7425%, NAB said. The order book peaked at more than ...

Investa Commercial Property Fund Issues $100 million certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... issued a 10-year, $100 million Australian dollar green bond. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The bond, which has a semi-annual fixed coupon of 4.25%, is rated A- by Standard and Poor's and has been approved a Certified Climate Bond by the ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... AAA (negative outlook) by Standard & Poor's and Aaa (stable) by Moody's Investor Services. "TCV is pleased to be the first semi sovereign issuer in the world to issue a CBI certified Green Bond," said Bill Whitford, TCV managing director. "This transaction ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... supporting the market development" The bond's ongoing compliance with the Climate Bond Standard will be reviewed by EY on a semi-annual basis until the bond's maturity. See Also: Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market FlexiGroup prices ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Globally, companies that are exposed to water scarcity risks are managing those risks poorly, according to research from Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics has published Water Scarcity: Will Investors Be Left High and Dry?, which points to three key contextual ...