Investa Property Group
A decade of development
The KangaNews-Westpac Corporate Debt Summit debuted in 2011, with a relatively small audience and a market that could not yet take consistent supply of corporate bonds for granted. In the decade since, the event and the market have grown and diversified. By 2019 – the last year before COVID-19 put the in-person event on hiatus – registrations had more than trebled, to nearly 600, and the event’s agenda covered not just corporate debt but a raft of issues relevant to the economic and business environment.
Green-bond investor sophistication increasing: Investa
Investa Property Group says green-bond investors are becoming more sophisticated, as it prepares for a green bank-debt capital markets future. The firm recently priced a A$140 million (US$102.4 million) use-of-proceeds green bond, a follow up to Australia’s first such deal in 2017.
Investa prices A$140 million nine-year green bond
Investa launches nine-year Australian dollar green bond
Investa considering nine-year domestic green bond
Convergence and divergence on key ESG debates
Debates around price, impact and social benefit in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing have been quickly developing in recent years, and been further energised by the COVID-19 crisis. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) facilitated a discussion to get the latest views from issuers and investors.
