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Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability Linked Bonds are more likely to achieve emissions reductions targets than use of proceeds bonds, but many labelled bond users are not tracking to meet 2050 net zero targets. Corporate issuers are increasingly turning to labelled bonds ...

APAC outperforms amid global sustainable finance pullback

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... region, activity was buoyant. "We still have seen an increase in the number of deals, especially in APAC for sustainable bonds, and even M&A, activity within certain pockets of APAC," she said. "That has been a good indication that the market is still ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... agenda, including disclosure reforms and tackling greenwashing. Treasury will also look at the role of green or sustainable bonds, noting that "globally, sovereign green bonds are becoming more commonplace - to help develop sustainable finance markets ...

Podcast: Integrating ESG in fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... finding transparent, comparable and meaningful ESG data relevant to fixed income securities and the role of sustainable bonds. We speak with MFS fixed income research Analyst Mahesh Jayakumar and ISS head of ESG for Australia and New Zealand Julia Le ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... invest in Asian companies following good ESG practices "resulting in low and/or decreasing carbon intensity," and sustainable bonds, including green bonds, sustainability linked bonds, transition bonds and social bonds. The fund will also use negative ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... five clients already invested. This is a 160% year-on-year increase in assets." Looking ahead, UBS also sees sustainable bonds as a key growth area for Asia, having grown "significantly" over the past five years. "In 2021, the total ESG bond issuance ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment opportunities. "Investor capital is increasingly seeing the benefit of exposure to green and sustainable bonds and products like this fund provide investors with a way to support Australia's transition to a low emissions economy," ...

ING advises infrastructure company on green finance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... the framework, which will enable the company to raise energy project financing using green instruments such as sustainable bonds and loans. Jemena owns and operates more than $11 billion of energy infrastructure assets across the east coast of Australia. ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... market." At the same time, investors are also evolving their standards on what they consider to be green or sustainable bonds. BNP Paribas Asset Management has defined its internal criteria for green bonds around three pillars - "green-ness", "integrity" ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies, regulators and governments aligning behind the goals of the Paris Agreement. Issuance of green, social and sustainable bonds is soaring, from USD 565 billion in 2019 to USD 732 billion in 2020. While the market of sustainable fixed income ...
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