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Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... from stranded assets. The report notes AIA has already taken steps to outsource some of its infrastructure investments to HSBC "so some of this may be happening already." Further, AIA's CIO Mark Konyn has "also shown an eagerness to avoid the risks presented ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation commitments." The facilities were jointly arranged by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Mizuho Bank Ltd and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation with BNP Paribas and HSBC acting as Joint Sustainability ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... increase in sales as a direct result of efforts to incorporate sustainability in their business, according to a survey from HSBC. According to HSBC's Navigator survey, 84% of Australian companies expect sales growth linked to integration of sustainability ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... purchasers of Reef Credits - tradeable units measuring improvements to water quality flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef. HSBC Australia and the Queensland government have become the first-ever private- and public-sector buyers of Reef Credits, which ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting tool for asset owners, managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC today launched a reporting service that provides asset owners and managers who utilise the bank's securities services with independent measurement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues in their investment portfolios. Chris ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... increasing Covered Bond issuance volume in the future." The joint bookrunners for this transaction are BNP PARIBAS, DBS, HSBC, and ING. The successful pricing of the deal demonstrates "investors' recognition of KHFC's credibility in its contribution ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative, supported by HSBC, launched the ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2019 report, looking at the issuance of green bonds and green loans ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... capital and capacity to tackle social issues at scale." Big Society Capital in the UK is funded by four large banks - Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS. "There's lots of value in the Taskforce's recommendations and ideas - in particular that ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and that issuers are utilising the full range of financial instruments and incorporating green into that." J.P. Morgan and HSBC were joint global co-ordinators and book-makers on that transaction. Another trend is the expanding definition of sustainability ...