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BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Watanabe said. BNP Paribas chose the Australia as the test country for this product because of the unique challenges of the nature of the ASX composition and the challenge of the Australian economy, Watanabe said. "We said, let's focus on Australia," ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... July that they would include carbon transition metrics in remuneration structures such as long term bonuses. The precise nature of the linkage will be disclosed in the remuneration report prior to the 2020 AGM. Governance experts questioned the utility ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... hands around the data and having concrete data and analytics to analyse that is the challenge," Robson said. "The private nature of real estate means there is less data available generally. This is a good example of where you can bring concrete and robust ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the pandemic. There need not be a trade-off between environmental progress and social aims, Cooper added. The size and nature of the stimulus package has caused Ninety One to revise the long term models underpinning the Ninety One Global Environment ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The collaborative nature of industry superannuation funds is a "competitive advantage" that funds should foster, particularly in the environmental, social and governance sphere, according to Skye King, manager, investment governance and legal at NGS ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... MinterEllison. "Now that the immediate impact has levelled off and we have a clearer - although not clear - view of the nature of the recovery, so to speak, it is very appropriate to consider not just climate change but all the other financial risks ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the indirect workforce, basically to allow investors to engage companies on the strategic decisions they're making on the nature of their workforce," Hepworth said.

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... - these are potential categories as well." The key to structuring a bond would be establishing the target audience, the nature of the activities the issuer is carrying out, and linking it to positive action on COVID-19 impacts, Chen said. However, designing ...

APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... executive board member, made a landmark speech in which he emphasised "[s]ome climate risks are distinctly 'financial' in nature. Many of these risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now. Climate risks also have potential system-wide implications ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Markets experienced similar levels of volatility during the GFC, even if the root cause of the volatility are different in nature currently. "Socially responsible and the ESG funds are outperforming short term in the light of these downside risks, but ...