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• Bringing together the Australian and Canadian high-grade sectors

  In October, in a KangaNews Women in Capital Markets Yearbook first, KangaNews and RBC Capital Markets brought together Australian semi-government and Canadian high-grade issuers, and Australian institutional investors to discuss the increasing crossover between the two borrower sectors and how they fit into global capital markets.

• Diversity goals go beyond gender

  Every year, ANZ and KangaNews gather a group of leaders from within the bank and the wider business and markets community, to review the progress and value of diversity in the financial world. The latest discussion reveals further incremental progress, areas where there is still work to be done and the crucial aspect of considering diversity beyond the gender lens.

• Infrastructure investment priorities and a bigger capital markets role

  Australia’s infrastructure investment pipeline is significant, especially given the context of digitalisation and energy transition. But project financing and debt capital markets have never been the easiest of bedfellows. KangaNews and Assured Guaranty hosted a group of infrastructure industry leaders in October to discuss the domestic and offshore financing environment, and investor relations. A wider-ranging...

• Liberty: A culture of belonging

  Liberty Financial has received awards aplenty – most recently as Australian Nonbank Financial Institution Issuer of the Year in the KangaNews Awards 2024 – and it is an example for gender balance across the organisation. Anne Bastian, chief people officer at Liberty in Melbourne, explains that what Liberty really strives for is a culture of belonging: a place that, for most of its employees, it already appears to...

• Marginal gains

  Every two years, the KangaNews Women in Capital Markets Yearbook survey focuses specifically on progress in and observations about gender diversity in the Australasian capital markets. The 2024 survey suggests progress in the past half decade has been marginal at best, with the overall situation seemingly stuck at a level that might best be described as ‘acceptable but with room for improvement’.

• Profiles and information on networks supporting women in capital markets 2024

  As well as amplifying female thought leadership, the KangaNews Women in Capital Markets Yearbook aims to help connect women with peers and potential mentors by providing information on a range of active networks covering specific sectors and roles within the industry.

• SSAs stay ahead of changing Kangaroo and global market norms

  KangaNews and UBS brought together some of the world’s leading female funding executives at supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) issuers to talk about where a growing Australian dollar market fits into their funding mix, and issuer-level initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Women in Banking and Finance National Industry Awards: record breakers

  Women in Banking and Finance received the most nominations, ran the most categories and welcomed the most guests to its National Industry Awards 2024. WiBF says these are all positive signs of support for and engagement with the industry’s renewed commitment to diversity and inclusion initiatives.