05/29/2019
Hong Kong’s Government Green Bond Programme, which is one of the world’s largest, demonstrates the government’s determination to promote sustainable development and combat climate change
05/23/2019
Building an ESG investment framework fit for the China market
Utilizing a one-size-fits-all ESG investment framework across national jurisdictions can be problematic for a market like China where substantial differences exist vis-a-vis the West
05/23/2019
Private equity investment last year in both value and number of deals was well up on five-year averages, with investment in tech and internet firms representing two-thirds of deals
05/22/2019
The firm’s new tool aims to refine the plethora of often conflicting ESG data to provide more accurate assessments and improve company engagement.
05/20/2019
Investing responsibly is gathering momentum across the globe, though Asia still lags far behind Europe, but this may change as Asia’s wealth shifts over to millennial investors
05/16/2019
There has been a global change in the perception of "sustainability" and where it sits within business.
05/14/2019
New group to add nearly 100 companies to international transparency effort
05/13/2019
The green sukuk market remained nascent, with issuances largely coming from South East Asia
05/10/2019
In the interest of transparency, the HKMA will also consider an appropriate framework for disclosing the Exchange Fund’s Green and ESG investment efforts without arousing market sensitivity in the process.
05/10/2019
One of the trends according to panellist Sachin Vankalas, Director of Operations & Sustainability at LuxFLAG, is that an increasing awareness of ESG is driving demand in this investment category
05/09/2019
What’s been interesting to David Atkin, the chief executive of Australian industry fund Cbus Super is how quickly Asian markets are moving on ESG.
05/08/2019
We’re making progress on understanding our contribution to climate goals, but cannot go it alone
05/08/2019
The first global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services has held humans largely responsible for looming mass extinction of species and has urged immediate action to avert disaster.
05/07/2019
Standard Chartered Private Bank has collaborated with Robeco to provide ESG training to the bank’s relationship managers.
05/03/2019
Nikko AM believes its ability to succeed is dependent on honestly addressing today’s challenges to sustainability, and better understanding what sustainability means for an asset manager.
05/02/2019
Levin shifts his focus to regional trends
05/01/2019
The City of London Corporation and China’s Green Finance Committee revealed the companies involved at a ceremony in Beijing
05/01/2019
y carrying out this survey on an annual basis, the WFE is also able to track the evolution of members’ engagement with ESG issues.
04/25/2019
Sustainable funds are multiplying, and Morningstar warns that some managers are only posing as ESG investors.
04/16/2019
Equity products continued to grow, led by global equity (13.5%), China equity (10.3%) and property – indirect global (5.7%).