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140 years to gender parity in finance: OMFIF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... slow and regional disparities persist, with North America and smaller economies scoring the highest, including the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). FS Sustainability contacted the RBA to ascertain the gender balance in its leadership, but the RBA declined ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... portfolio of Sharia Compliant investments. It invests primarily in developed markets around the world, primarily Europe, North America and selected Asian markets, including Australia. The Hejaz Equities Fund aims to achieve a total return equal to movements ...

Brookfield raises US$15 billion for global transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... institutions, and family offices," Brookfield said. Brookfield is the largest investor in the fund. BGTF is co-headed by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who is vice chairman and head of impact at Brookfield, and Connor Teskey, CEO of Brookfield ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... companies are increasing their focus on ESG issues, citing pressure from investors as a key driver for activity, according to Bank of America. Bank of America's ESG Research recently surveyed issuers in emerging markets, with over 100 companies responding ...

Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... team" Prior to working at IIGCC, Streatfeild was an advisor - sustainable infrastructure, at the Inter-American Development Bank Group, following over ten years in various climate and finance focused roles at the civil service. Streatfeild began her ...

TCorp issues $1.5 billion sustainability bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainability format, and brings the total bonds on issue to $6.7 billion. The joint lead managers for the transaction are Bank of America, Citi, UBS and Westpac. Interest in the bond far outstripped issuance, with TCorp seeing total bids of $2.952 ...

Predictions for robust investment in green transition, sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... believes the growth in sustainability bonds next year will be spurred by corporates and financial institutions in Asia, North America, and Europe, and in the Green Growth Scenario also by sovereigns, supranational institutions, and agencies. "While we ...

Opinion: Mind the gap: Investors continue to stall on climate action, despite sentiment confirming its risks

DAVID KLAUSNER  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investors view government action as a key driver of ESG integration in their portfolios. But not all is lost in North America where, until recently, regulatory actions have been lagging. Notably, U.S. companies have been actively ramping up carbon neutral ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... stocks showed return differentials. "We've looked at it within industries, because there's no point in comparing a bank to a utility," he said. "We just looked at very narrow industries and compared the performance of very dirty high emission ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
An ASX-listed company has become the latest to foray into sustainability linked finance with a $1.5 billion sustainability linked loan. Ramsay Health Care has inked the first and largest syndicated SLL by a healthcare provider in Asia Pacific. The $1.5 ...