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TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... TCorp, the New South Wales government's fundraising arm, will issue a sustainability bond in coming weeks, with proceeds to finance a combination of green and social assets. Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp This will be the second ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... report from Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). Climate Bonds Initiative, in conjunction with SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance and WWF, have released Greening the Financial System: Tilting the playing field - The role of central banks. The report calls ...

Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... features that we think that are resolute and undeniable." Two features that Purdie noted include what happens if and when finance raised through bonds is not used to fund named proceeds, or are not used at all. Further incentives could come from policymakers ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change will impact the health and finances of elderly Australians at increasing rates over coming decades, necessitating wide ranging policy responses to manage social, economic and public health implications, according to a report by the Actuaries ...

Christian Super signs Operating Principles for Impact Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Operating Principles for Impact Management. Ross Piper, Christian Super CEO The principles were developed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to set a market standard for impact investing. They focus on four areas - strategic intent, origination ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... corporates to bring issuance to market, but corporates are waiting for investors to say that they are here to provide finance. The Green Credit Continuum programme will provide EUR 1bn for the development of green debt in Europe, with the potential to ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... the Carbon Trust. "The transition to a low carbon sustainable economy will require significant access to new and green finance, so it is particularly exciting to see an innovation in the market that allows wholesale individual investors to participate ...

Q&A with Pablo Berrutti on launch of Altiorem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Asset Management for seven years. He is also the founder of Altiorem, an online library and resource centre to support the finance industry in he shift towards sustainability. Altiorem will launch in 2020. Berutti speaks with Rachel Alembakis about the ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Initiative has released its Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Australia 2019 (GIIO) report, as well as the Green Finance State of the Market Australia (SoTM) 2019 report. The SoTM report that cumulative domestic green bond issuance reached ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... constraints hindering further investment activity," the report said. Likely, these issues will be addressed in the sustainable finance roadmaps underway in Australia and New Zealand." "Perceived barriers to climate investment have evolved in response ...