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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
... where appropriate, framework noted. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government's intention to issue green sovereign bonds earlier this year. The program will be managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management and is slated to begin ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... partnered with the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) to develop a series of global indices that track companies and sovereign bonds based on their ability to transition to a low carbon economy. Constituent weights are based on five key climate considerations ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... rating agencies and other stakeholders are increasingly examining the relationship between climate change and sovereign bonds. There is currently no internationally agreed framework for assessing climate risks and opportunities associated with sovereign ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The Commonwealth of Australia will for the first time disclose climate risk in sovereign bonds following the settlement of a world-first class action lawsuit. The case was filed in 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell, represented pro bono by Equity Generation ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... said it will continue to invest in the Asian Bond Fund, which has recently announced that it will purchase green sovereign bonds to encourage the development of local currency-denominated green bond markets in Asia. The RBA will also "conduct analysis ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Schroders to measure a company's impact across 70 categories of data, and has also been extended to cover sovereign bonds. SustainEx will provide Schroders with "that forward looking approach that will allow us to have that foresight to understand ...

Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of which issued more than one bond. "The evidence is mounting of the pricing benefits of green, from the German sovereign bonds through to green product in US and European markets," said Sean Kidney, CEO, CBI. "The wider implications, for sovereigns ...

Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... special mandates in Australia and New Zealand. The change is across three asset classes: international credit, sovereign bonds and global equities. The allocations sit in multi-asset funds and some standalone funds from ANZ Investments and OneAnswer. ...
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