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Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... transition to a lower carbon economy are present across many sectors," said Stephanie Maier, director of responsible investment, HSBC Global Asset Management. "The focus companies represent both carbon intensive companies and those with significant opportunities ...

Macquarie Group issues £500 million facility to finance green projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... financial institutions, with notable interest in Asia. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Sydney Branch (HSBC) and ING Bank N.V. (ING) acted as Green Structuring Advisors on the transaction," Macquarie said. HSBC coordinated the syndication ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... more jobs by 2030." Financial institutions are beginning to turn towards financing the SDGs - Bell cited a bond issued by HSBC as well as A NZ's â,¬750 million Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... points over the swap rate, with a yield of 0.643%. It was primarily distributed to European institutional investors. ANZ, HSBC, BNP and Barclays acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction." The proceeds are intended to support projects offering broad ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... points over the swap rate, with a yield of 0.643%. It was primarily distributed to European institutional investors. ANZ, HSBC, BNP and Barclays acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction." The proceeds are intended to support projects offering broad ...

Green bond issuance from China reached US$37.1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... levels is pivotal to the country's low carbon growth path to 2030 and beyond and its impact on international climate targets." HSBC Bank supported the report. "In 2017, China issued a series of policies that clearly defined the overarching top-level ...

Climate-aligned bond universe jumps to US$895 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The report, produced by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and commissioned by HSBC, says the US$895 billion figure is comprised of unlabelled climate-aligned bonds at $674 billion and labelled green bonds at ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... important role to play by delivering capital into projects which reduce emissions and increase resilience to climate impacts." HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence commissioned State of the Market 2016, continuing their support from previous years ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... director investments. Benjamin Pedley, director investments, UCA Funds Management Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment strategy, Asia. In this role, he helped manage more than ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... CACIB was also involved in various big issuances in the quarter such as green bond from EDF, KfW, Nafin, NRW Bank and ING. HSBC issued the second largest amount of green bonds, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) coming in third. Meanwhile, Agricultural ...