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Herbert Smith Freehills advises CBA on merger of Aussie home Loans with Lendi
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to have advised Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on the merger of Aussie Home Loans (Aussie) with Lendi, a leading online home loan platform.
The merger has brought together Aussie’s significant network, strong brand and deep experience in supporting customers with their property goals, and Lendi’s leading technology and platform.
The Herbert Smith Freehills team was led by partners Tony Damian and Adam Strauss and supported by lawyers across a range of practice groups in the firm’s Sydney office.
Why supply chain sustainability matters
Ana Victoria Quaas, Analyst, Fidelity Sustainable Investing
The power of active engagement: We believe companies should be held to account on supply chain management – alongside other environmental, social and governance issues – and therefore continue to push our investee companies to act appropriately in order to protect and enhance long-term value.
How a company manages and monitors its supply chain forms a critical part of our analysis of any potential investment. Companies that fail to take this seriously are very likely to run into reputational, financial and legal issues that directly impacts the long-term sustainability of their business model. On the flip side, effective supply chain management can be a valuable way of securing a competitive advantage, enhancing reputation and brand, and improving operational performance.
First Sentier Investors adds water sector executive Karine Rougé to direct infrastructure investment team in North America
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ First Sentier Investors, a leading global asset manager and one of the world s largest infrastructure investors, today announced the appointment of Karine Rougé as a director on the firm s direct infrastructure team.
Rougé brings more than 15 years of industry experience managing large industrial business units, including integration projects and transformation initiatives, as well as mergers and acquisitions, to First Sentier s expanding North America direct infrastructure investment team in New York. She reports to John Ma, partner and head of direct infrastructure investments, North America. Her position is new, and she will focus on sectors including water, wastewater and energy transition.
As winner of
Asia Asset Management’s 2021 Best of the Best awards for Best ESG Engagement Initiative (Hong Kong) and Best ESG Manager in ASEAN, FSSA Investment Managers (FSSAIM) continue to prioritise the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into its investment process by focusing on effective stewardship and good governance. According to Alistair Thompson, director of FSSAIM, it is an approach that entails a particular emphasis on the assessment of quality governance standards of each potential investee company – including past reputation, quality of professional leadership, alignment of interest with the main shareholder, related-party transactions, true independence of board directors, and incentives that drive management teams.
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First Sentier Investors has launched a private debt strategy focusing on loans in the renewable energy sector.
Supported by MUFG Bank, which had experience in project finance and debt capital markets for sustainability-linked financing, the initiative was part of a broad strategy by First Sentier around environmental, social and governance (ESG).
The strategy would be led by head of fixed income, short-term investments and global credit, Tony Togher, and the firm said there was already a “strong pipeline of opportunities”. It meant First Sentier would be able to offer investors a diversified portfolio of ESG/sustainability-linked loan assets beyond the traditional bank market.