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The KangaNews Sustainable Debt Summit 2022 took place on 24 May. Recordings are available for registered attendees.
The KangaNews DCM Summit 2022 took place on 23 May. Recordings are available for registered attendees.
The Australian securitisation market could be on the verge of a sustainability surge, market participants believe. Green deals are likely to be the first sign of this uptick in activity but issuers are also exploring social securitisations with hopes of issuance as soon as this year.
One of the challenges of sustainable debt is that debtholders traditionally have less influence on corporate behaviour than equity investors. The private debt space has a bigger lever, and while applying a sustainability lens to private businesses is not always an easy task specialist investors say it is a worthwhile one.
Issuers and intermediaries universally point to environmental, social and governance (ESG) alignment as a tailwind for Kangaroo transactions. The pricing benefit of bringing labelled deals is small – incremental demand and investor engagement are the primary benefits.