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ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Integration of material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes in fixed income and credit portfolios is "crucial" to risk management, according to Janus Henderson. L-R: Jay Sivapalan, head of Australian fixed interest ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... SMEs, including sole traders and not-for-profits, according to Treasury. As part of the scheme, the decisions pertaining to credit and management of the loan will remain with the lender. Treasury noted that the government expects that lenders will look ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and in compliance with the recently released standard. To meet the standard's requirements, LGS said it purchased dual credit offset units that combine biodiversity outcomes in Australia with international emissions reduction. The Australian offsets ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... who want access to the green bond market. "We've been monitoring the development of this market, and given the high grade credit quality of the portfolio, we believe there is sufficient diversification, and we're managing some of the additional risk ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... dynamics. A tighter regulatory environment can, as we have illustrated, cause a switch very quickly." ESG factors can impact credit markets as well, Sekine noted. "For the sake of completeness, we analyse the credit side, and it yields the same result," ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... devotion to the welfare of people in Korea," KHFC said. This is HFC's fourth Social Covered Bond issuance proves that KHFC's credit has remained healthy even in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The full amount of net proceeds of the bond will ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Insight Investment said. The rating is a quantitative risk-analysis tool which provides a fresh feed of data into Insight's credit research hub, alongside non-ESG inputs. "We want to identify [ESG] risk," said Joshua Kendall, Senior ESG analyst at Insight ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of EdTech and raised the opportunity to invest in a sector with potential for growth and positive impact, according to Credit Suisse. James Gifford, head of impact advisory at Credit Suisse In a recent paper, Education Technology. Coronavirus and beyond ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... underpinning the Ninety One Global Environment Strategy. "We've been consistently adjusting our long-term models in terms of the credit analysis and stress testing," Cooper said. "We've also been looking at what this does to the l/t 2 degree model. If ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... for companies and governments and the responsibility each must demonstrate to their stakeholders, said Scott Freedman, credit analyst, Newton, a investment manager that is part of BNY Mellon Investment Management. "What's fascinating to watch is ...