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Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... monetary and fiscal policy, the potential for "stuckflation" - inflation and slow growth, the continued tension between US and China, "We think quite deeply about the long term driver of growth, inflation, policy, really the whole set of circumstances," ...

Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... as of 30 June 2019 was $15.6 billion, 10th in cumulative global country rankings, 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (USD91.5bn) and Japan (USD12.4bn). Australia also stands out as having one of the highest percentages of issuance certified ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... already manifested - physical risks to Asia include "severe vulnerability to sea level rise," in major cities and parts of China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh. There is also the risk of increased typhoons and extreme precipitation leading ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... information and capital flows and enabling international investors to capture the opportunities arising from the region's and China's green transition in the new decade." For its part, by joining the Climate Bonds Partners Programme, SSGA, will support ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... market cap, distributed geographically, on a sectoral basis and on am market capitalisation basis. The fund is overweight China and underweight the US, Cooper added. "What we're looking for are companies with a slightly different perspective," Cooper ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "Outside of Europe, the path of environmental policy is difficult to predict at present - most importantly in the US and China - and the uncertain economic outlook may prove to be a stern test for weaker companies with fewer competitive advantages," ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... resilient through geographic dispersion. Many companies previously had a concentration of tier 1 or tier 2 suppliers in China, and COVID exposed this hidden vulnerability. Going forward, China will be part of global supply chains, but more companies ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... internationally. In the immediate response to the coronavirus, companies began cancelling orders throughout their supply chain. China had p reviously announced that significant amounts of orders relating to apparel had been cancelled by global brands ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Citizens know this has to be a green era - from Jakarta to Delhi to Beijing. Some governments are now acting, in Europe, China and Singapore. These policy shifts will have an impact. Regional governments, companies and banks have to get ahead of that ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and finally exceed the 2019 position by early 2021, according to the report. There are particular impacts stemming from China and the forecast sees "a significantly deeper drop in output this year than the global decline as the table below shows, with ...