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Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the lack of standardised emissions reporting methodologies, a specialist global asset manager has revealed. These impact bonds, designed to finance environmentally beneficial projects, also suffer from a scarcity of post-issuance reporting data. According ...

Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability (GSS+) bond market is in its infancy, but the growth in issuance as well as fund strategies covering that category of bonds means investors have increased choice, but also questions about transparency and how to measure impact. Asset consultant ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... in hazardous chemical production and its removal from the environment through innovative funding mechanisms such as green bonds. Global chemical production has doubled between 2000 and 2017, now underpins the functioning of modern manufacturing. A recent ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... since 13 June 2023 to $11 billion towards its indicative funding requirement of $14.5 billion for 2023-24. Proceeds from the bonds are allocated against qualifying projects and assets that support Queensland's pathway to climate resilience and an environmentally ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Chandler. With this most recent issuance, TCorp has exhausted the current pool of available assets that link to sustainability bonds, Chandler said. TCorp has a pool of $13.2 billion in projects that meet its Sustainability Bond Programme criteria for ...

A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Although the current market for blue bonds is "nascent", the potential demand for bonds whose use of proceeds fund ocean-friendly and clean water projects could grow rapidly in tandem with the increased investor and corporate focus on biodiversity ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the escalating risks associated with climate change - particularly when assessing risk to asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity. "It's critically important that investors - particularly those investors who have a longer time horizon ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... typically focus on traditional asset classes like listed equity and real estate, leaving asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity left to the wayside due to a lack of reliable information. An even smaller number has conducted a physical ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Canberra has released the framework for how it will identify, manage, issue and report on sovereign green bonds. The government's green bond program will select assets based on one or more of the government's three green goals - climate change ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... October 2023 approved a US$152 million equity investment in GAIA. GAIA will provide loans, credit facilities and private bonds to sovereign, sub-sovereign and quasi-sovereign borrowers. The blended capital structure will include junior equity and senior ...