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We have just announced the winners of the institutional and deal categories in the KangaNews Awards 2024 - as voted for by participants in the Australian and New Zealand capital markets (there are no pitches and no awards committtee - our award winners are recognised by their peers in the market). See the winners here: https://lnkd.in/gVCH4qva

Last month, we were privileged to be invited to cover the Commonwealth Bank Global Markets Conference. This is a truly impressive event, taking in three days of presentations, discussions and visits in Sydney followed this year by a Treasury Corporation of Victoria-hosted two-day event in Melbourne. Speakers ranged from sovereign issuers the Australian Office of Financial Management, The Treasury - New Zealand and other sovereign-sector issuers, through to local corporate borrowers and experts from across CBA's institutional banking and markets division. If one theme came through most strongly from the event it is the contrast between the functionality of the local capital market - including ongoing inflows of capital sufficient to support significant growth - and the uncertainties of the world in which we are operating. In short, in a volatile world investors of all types - from sovereign wealth to US corporate credit funds - continue to be willing to put additional capital into play in the Australasian market. We were also proud to have some stage time to share insights from the recent Australian Fixed-Income Investor ESG survey we ran with CBA. We would like to thank the whole CBA and TCV teams for allowing KangaNews to be involved in the event, in particular Adam Donaldson, Juliana Roadley, Nathan Carr and Lauren Holtsbaum.

It's a real pleasure to once again be working with our colleagues at MUFG on their MUFG NOW - Alternative Opportunities in the Energy Transition event in Sydney, and to see a full room gathered to discuss this critical economic development. Thanks to all our speakers today: Richard Yorke, Paul McCartney, Andrew Champion, Colin Chen, Colin Crisafulli, Ingrid Cronin-Knight, Andrew Bedford, Fiona Chan, Chau Phan-Vu, Augusto King, Matthew McFarlane, James Poulos and Drew R. Also to everyone at MUFG who has worked with us on this event, including Shareef Omar, Yan Ru Tan, Kristy Datson and Rob Ward

We recently published the results of our annual Australian fixed-income investor ESG survey and subsequent roundtable, which we produce in collaboration with our colleagues at Commonwealth Bank. You can read the outcome, outside our paywall, here: https://lnkd.in/gnT9WqJ2 The 2024 survey shows investors are facing a range of challenges in the sector – hurdles the market will need to overcome if it is to deliver on its potential and maximise the amount of capital it can mobilise to support the transition. Thanks to Charles Davis, Jo Lyn Tan and Lauren Holtsbaum from CBA for working with us on this project, and to Pauline Chrystal, CFA, Marayka Flaherty, Lucie Bishop (née Bielczykova), CFA and Ben Squire for joining the roundtable - and also to every one of the 40+ investors who filled in a survey.

Today marks the sixth KangaNews-Westpac Institutional Bank New Zealand Sustainable Finance Summit and it couldn't be happening at a more interesting and challenging juncture for the sector. Today we are talking blue economy, natural capital, the ESG 'backlash', joined up and strategic thinking, governance and lots more. Thanks to Joanna Silver and her team at Westpac as well as our superb lineup of speakers including Catherine McGrath, Lucy Baragwanath, Jens Hellerup, Volker Kuntzsch, Abbie Reynolds, Sarah Holden, Alana Lampitt, Eamon Nathan, Jasmine Wong, Belinda van Eyndhoven, Andrew E., Heiko Jonkers, Hope Simonsen, David Nixon, Reuben Tucker, Rob Hamilton, Jonathan Mason, Nicola Swan, Luci Ellis, Kristy Graham, Jo Kelly, Mela Greenslade, Chris Jewell, Hinerangi Raumati, James Shaw, Luke Ford, Simon Tucker, Claire Waghorn, Gerri Ward, Hannah Paterson, Tim Nelson, Mat Carter, Dan Dillane, Helen Mahoney, Will Thomson, Debbie Birch CMInstD, AIF®, Matt Whineray and Geoff Cooper

Women working in financial markets - please share your views and experiences! https://lnkd.in/guV7ikzG Every two years, for the KangaNews Women in Capital Markets Yearbook, we survey women's experiences and perspectives on workplace gender equity and the situation across the market. This is an important piece of work that shows how the industry is evolving and where its efforts should be focused, so please take a few minutes to fill in a survey - completely anonymously. Click here to share your opinions: https://lnkd.in/guV7ikzG

Mandatory climate-related financial reporting is the latest tool in Australia to help support economic action on climate. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is supportive of the regulation, but along with greenwashing controls, it also notes the potential for unintended consequences while regulation works its way through to full implementation. Ahead of the #IGCCSummit24, Duncan Paterson unpacked this topic and more with #KangaNews's Kathryn Lee. To learn more about their conversation click here: https://lnkd.in/gdFtMPss Kathryn is looking forward to connecting at the annual Climate Finance and Investment Summit, on 7-8 November, at the Sofitel, Melbourne. To book your ticket and view the agenda, visit the event website here: https://lnkd.in/endej5cG #Mission1Point5 Samantha Swiss Laurence Davison Jeremy Masters Helen Craig

We have just published exclusive coverage of the roundtable discussion we hosted with ANZ Institutional that brought together experts from the worlds of finance, academia, consultants, conservation and First Nations people to discuss nature issues, with a focus on the challenges of intersection. The conclusion was that 'nature next' must become 'nature now' - but doing so involves confronting a raft of challenges. Read the coverage (outside the paywall) at: https://lnkd.in/gSh97PVs Our thanks to Daniel Ota, Katharine Tapley and Nancy Wang from ANZ, and to the participants: Sarah Bekessy from RMIT University and Biodiversity Council, Kristy Graham from Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, Jody Gunn from Australian Land Conservation Alliance, Alexander Liddington from BloombergNEF, David Major from ALCA and Thirriwirri, Stephen Murphy from Conservation Partners, Gina Pavlovic from Endeavour Energy (NSW) and Guy Michael Williams from Pollination.