Auckland Council
Breadth, urgency and accountability in New Zealand’s sustainable finance story
The KangaNews-Westpac New Zealand Sustainable Finance Summit, which took place in Auckland in November 2024, featured the event’s most ambitious and wide-reaching agenda. Speakers discussed the urgent need to act on climate, nature and social challenges, how to do so while navigating the increasingly complex world of regulation and disclosure, and why it is critical to maintain the highest possible ambition.
KangaNews Awards 2024: institution and deal winners announced
KangaNews is proud to announce the winners of the institutional and deal categories in the KangaNews Awards 2024. At the end of a banner year in the Australian and New Zealand capital markets, KangaNews received votes from hundreds of market participants keen to recognise the achievements of 2024's most outstanding performers.
Capacity and cuts top the talking points in New Zealand
In June, KangaNews and Westpac gathered issuers from across the New Zealand high-grade landscape in Wellington to discuss domestic market conditions and global demand. While near-term attention remains focused on monetary policy, there is an underlying sense that supply patterns are fundamentally changing the shape of the New Zealand dollar market.
GSS issuance in time and numbers
KangaNews has been tracking the progress of Australian and New Zealand sustainability labelled debt instruments since the market began, including coverage of groundbreaking transactions and keeping extensive issuance data in the KangaNews deal database. A timeline of key developments and data points illustrates market progress over the years.
Near-term headwinds and supportive fundamentals in New Zealand
The New Zealand capital market is working its way through regulatory changes and awaiting certainty on the turn of the rates cycle. But domestic and international high-grade market participants who joined a roundtable discussion hosted by KangaNews and Westpac in July say the direction of travel is largely positive.
First-mover advantage
New Zealand has become a test bed for monetary policy as the country became the first in the developed world to raise rates during the latest round of tightening. Participants at the third annual KangaNews-Westpac New Zealand high-grade roundtable discussed the context of local monetary policy and the funding outlook for local government sector issuers.
HIGH-GRADE ISSUERS YEARBOOK 2024
The ultimate guide to Australian and New Zealand government-sector borrowers.
