Brighte launches green ABS transaction

Brighte taking indications of interest for green ABS return

Brighte readying green ABS transaction return

Securitisation issuers should embrace sustainability

Securitisers not embracing sustainability-aligned issuance could expose themselves to future pricing risk as investor mandates demand more green bonds, according to market participants speaking about a new Australian Securitisation Forum-Perpetual report.

Green consumer finance expands in Australian ABS

The Australian market saw the pricing of a pair of green-labelled, consumer-finance asset-backed securities (ABS) on the same day – 22 October – in the middle of the local securitisation market’s busiest week of the COVID-19 era. Deal sources say the execution process allowed the deals to come in the hectic week, and that the green element was additive to demand.