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BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... unconventional oil and gas." This comes as BNP Paribas in December announced the launch of its Climate Impact Infrastructure Debt, supported by alignment of its asset management, corporate and institutional banking, and insurance arms. The fund targets ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... annually, which is strong growth in a relatively short period of time, but is still very small compared with the tradition debt market, T. Rowe Price. The global fund manager also cites the UN, showing that an estimated US$ 5-7 trillion is needed each ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... organisations struggle to react to misinformation, disintermediation and strategic miscalculation. Inequality and unprecedented debt Ninety-one per cent of risk experts surveyed were pessimistic about the next 10 years - predicting liquidity shocks ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... said the loan will strengthen MUFG's capabilities of assisting clients to structure sustainable finance solutions across the debt spectrum. David Simmons, executive director sustainable finance at ANZ, said the bank was pleased to support QIC in the ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... energy up until 2030 to be able to reach net zero emissions by 2050. A previously-included paragraph recognising the growing debt of developing countries has been deleted. The text calls for adaptation and resilience finance for developing countries ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev Canada) announced the creation of GAIA, a US$1.5 billion target private debt blended finance fund focused on climate adaptation and mitigation in emerging markets. Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a Dutch-based ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... discussed the need for significant financial innovation to achieve more inclusive climate adaptation finance: adaptation funds, debt-donation swaps, and accelerating capital dispersion from existing innovations like Just Energy Transition Partnerships ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Nearly half of the wealth transferred to children and beneficiaries is consumed almost immediately - going towards personal debt, mortgages, and luxury or self-care items to support their current lifestyles. The remaining half has the potential to be ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... approximately fourfold lift in enabled investment across Australia. Cost shortfalls of project investors' operating costs and debt repayments will be borne by the government, and a share of surplus revenue will be returned to the government. 9GW of the ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Ratings coverage with at least one outstanding self-labeled green bond, sustainability bond or SLB), issuing more sustainable-debt instruments than supranationals, sovereigns, and agencies in 2023. Many investors expect companies in sustainable-debt ...