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Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... America, particularly in the US, will bode significant changes. "For the Eurozone, the Technical expert group on sustainable finance ( TEG ) has been looking at this area. It has established a green taxonomy, and led the development of indices with their ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) has priced a COVID-19 Response Social Covered Bond, its second social bond. KHFC raised EUR 500 million on the transaction, which has a five year tenor with a spread of 35 basis points over the mid-swap rate. ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investments have generated. Kirstin Hunter, co-founder, Future Super The report focuses on a methodology that measures the finance emissions of their portfolio, which places numbers around investment activity that can be communicated internally as well ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $1.7 million in an Australian biotechnology company in the agritech sector. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The Soil Carbon Company (SCC) is "developing a microbial treatment ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment," according to the Climate Bond Initiative. Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions, participate in different market development committees and help define policy agendas for sector, country ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable development objectives; advocating for a coordinated international approach to financial regulation to facilitate finance and investment for sustainable development and more resilient economies; encouraging rating agencies to better incorporate ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... across super, investments and insurance, Maple-Brown Abbott said. Pringle is also co-Chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) working group on Meeting Community and Consumer Expectations and has over 20 years' experience working ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... around impact, and seeing it grow and prosper," said Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA (Social Enterprise Finance Australia). "We are very conscious that figures, numbers and percentages tell part of the story, while we have an aggregate ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... growing investments and solving the climate crisis." This approach is consistent with the work of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), which will issue a sustainable finance roadmap for Australia later this year. "I think there are ways ...

First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
First State Super has joined the Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp. Dr Bronwyn King, founder, Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative The Pledge Stamp is an initiative of not-for-profit Tobacco Free Portfolios and it showcases leading financial organisations ...