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China issues inaugural sovereign green bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (MOF) has launched US$824 million green bonds of three-year and five-year maturity on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) international securities market, marking the first time that China has built ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Rating to give investors a sustainability impact and risk assessment at the issuance level of ESG or sustainability-linked bonds. It can be applied across bonds issued by both corporate and sovereign entities and comes as the volume and complexity of ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... portfolio construction approach. Archer also played a big part in supporting new business inflows for investment growth bonds and annuities. Overall, his work helped improve price competitiveness - one of the company's major growth strategies in ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... finance. He sees second and third-generation high-net-worth clients who want to do more with their wealth than invest in bonds, equities, and property. The focus on capital markets will enable the new firm to offer a wider range of investment options ...

ESG investing to skyrocket in APAC: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... investments in technology, innovative products, and expanding regulatory systems. "The growth in AI-powered ESG analytics, green bonds, and impact investing will grow the market potential. As sustainability gains prominence as a priority in investments ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... The global fixed income debt market faces significant climate transition risks, with trillions of dollars in outstanding bonds exposed to potential financial disruption by 2030, according to Emmi. This represents a GFC-level economic event, according ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... GIC's investments into alternative assets like unlisted companies and real estate and reducing reliance on stocks and bonds. For his part, Yeo joined GIC in 2003 as a portfolio manager with the fixed income team before holding senior roles, including ...

The big green investing trends of 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... head. The global ESG fund landscape will evolve rapidly as ESG regulations impact transition investing and boost sustainable bonds issuance. Biodiversity finance and artificial intelligence ethics are now seen as financially material risks for investors. ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... include resource efficiency, waste reduction, and sustainable supply chains into investment criteria. Sustainability-linked bonds and green bonds can fund circular economy initiatives with measurable outcomes like waste reduction and increased recycling. ...

ETFs recover and dominate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... flows of $7.1 billion in the 12 months to September 2024. Unit trusts net flow was -2% versus ETFs at +15%. Diversified bonds, short duration bonds, Australian equities income, emerging markets equities and Australian equities large caps saw positive ...