Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

ESG for APAC asset managers - navigating climate-related financial risks

For the full webinar recording and slides please get in touch with the Ogier Global ESG team, whose contacts can be found on the right.

Announcement of Material Issues (Materiality) with Respect to Sustainability

Nomura Group is actively involved in ESG-related activities.

Northern Trust Asset Management Launches Climate Aware Emerging Market Index Strategy

Sustainable Emerging Market Green Transition Index Strategy Expands Manager’s Range of Climate Aware Solutions

Sustainability and responsible investment drives growth in Thailand’s asset management sector

Leading Asian asset manager UOB Asset Management (Thailand) has enjoyed two years of robust growth thanks to its tailor-made investment solutions and products

ESG investing reaches private market

Aside from carbon footprint, investors now focusing on diversity and inclusion

Dealing with the effects of climate change through climate adaptation

EBRD joins call for more reporting of climate risk

Asia warned of transition financing risks in race to achieve carbon neutrality

Expert says China may need to invest 130 trillion yuan for green finance

Hong Kong Influence in Global Climate Finance of ‘Critical Importance’

“If reporting and disclosure standards are to be effective, they have to be universally recognised and applied across the board.”

Maybank Asset Management launches Global Sustainable Technology Fund

It added that ESG considerations would play a key role in how Maybank Asset Management and the investment adviser will evaluate the fund’s investments.

Thailand’s SEC backs Basel-based climate task force, to push climate disclosures

“These efforts can contribute to the sustainable growth of companies, capital market, economy and the country at large,”

Six ASX companies start measuring ESG impact

Vulcan Energy was aiming to become the world’s first producer of a zero carbon lithium products for the electric vehicle industry.

Boustead Projects bags $130m green loan from UOB

The building also has energy-saving implementations such as a district cooling system and a rainwater harvesting system to recycle captured rainwater among other things.

MAS sets sights on a green Singapore

Research, public-private schemes, incentives and regulations will transition the Lion City towards sustainability, according to MAS’s head of green finance.

Japan development bank launches $500m fund to grow wind sector

Novel framework lowers hurdles for newcomers to build more farms

Singapore Environment Council honours 12 companies for their efforts to go green

The Attorney-General's Chambers and the Tampines Town Council received Eco-Office+ Certification at the ceremony for having implemented effective environmentally friendly practices.

AXA IM highlights opportunities in the ESG space

The firm has also shared ways of how investors can identify "genuine" ESG investments.

Credit Suisse AM integrates ESG into A-shares strategy

With China A-share’s further inclusion into global equity indices, standards for ESG will be further raised.

Investing in the Future

Arthur YUEN, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, talks about how the HKMA as a banking supervisor, an investor and a facilitator, drives and promotes sustainability in the banking sector and beyond.

Investor pressure on HSBC to reduce fossil fuel exposure intensifies

Coordinated by ShareAction, 15 institutional investors with a combined $2.4trn AUM has filed a climate change resolution at the UK-listed bank.

Group of Five Urges Adoption of Sustainability Reporting Prototype

“We’ve put forward what we consider to be the best and fastest path to a comprehensive reporting system that addresses both enterprise value and sustainability-related risk,”

Planet SOS