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The International Sustainability Standards Board published its long-awaited first two global sustainability disclosure standards at the end of June, with the goal of building a rigorous and comparable reporting framework that facilitates sustainable finance. On the day IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 launched, KangaNews caught up with Jingdong Hua, vice chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board, in Singapore to discuss the new standards and how they might be incorporated by national regulators.

New Zealand energy companies greeted the Australasian primary markets with two green deals in the week ending 30 June: a A$300 million (US$201.4 million) seven-year Kangaroo bond from Transpower New Zealand and a NZ$240 million (US$146.1 million) capital bond from Genesis Energy. Elsewhere, South Australian Government Financing Authority printed two increases and RedZed priced a nonconforming residential mortgage-backed securities trade.

In a major overhaul of a longstanding and significant poll, KangaNews is pleased to reveal the results of its Fixed-Income Research Poll. For 13 years, the survey has asked institutional investors in the Australian fixed-income market to rank the research they receive across a range of sectors. Based on investor demand, the poll has now been revamped to also include investor views on the service they receive in secondary markets.