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APRA consults on hybrid bond resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
The regulator is seeking feedback on improving the effectiveness of hybrid capital bonds amid concerns design features would not be resilient enough to withstand a banking crisis. APRA released its discussion paper on Thursday, citing the challenges ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... involving fossil fuels. "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund." As February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers that violated ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... involving fossil fuels." "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," it said. As February 2021, ASIC alleges the index and the fund included issuers ...

Treasury mandates APRA consider climate risks in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... and initiatives to reduce greenwashing and strengthen ESG labelling. The government is also introducing a sovereign green bonds program. The treasurer last month announced the government will co-fund the initial development phase of an Australian sustainable ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Mechanism legislation. For example, it will develop a purpose-built Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, introduce a Sovereign Green Bonds program and strengthen the framework of mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements for large businesses ...

No systemic risk with SVB, but issues remain: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... The failure of SVB was mainly due to an asset-liability mismatch, which resulted in material losses from sales of quality bonds that were trading down amid rising yields, over the last year. Since the crash, there has been a slump in regional banks ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... invest and where is the best place for us to invest today on a 10 or 20-year horizon," he says. He is quick to point out that bonds were a disaster last year, and that Hostplus was slammed for eschewing a balanced fund comprising equities and bonds ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... which combine the ethically screened direct equities with BetaShares' leading ethical global equities and diversified bonds ETFs (ASX: ETHI and ASX: GBND). ETHI currently holds about $2 billion in assets. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... companies or financial instruments conform to a given set of ESG standards," S&P said, discussing the labelling of green bonds specifically. "According to the Journal of Environmental Investing Report 2020, there are more than 20 different labels being ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... "The current global events help to demonstrate the lack of access and investment into protective assets such as government bonds and corporate bonds with very few investors owning any bonds let alone those defined as retail," Stening said. FIIG's ...
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