Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Asia's biggest firms are not joining the dots between biodiversity loss and business survival: study

A small fraction of Asia's publicly listed firms regard nature as business-critical.

CIMB doubles its sustainable finance target to US$13 billion for 2024

Having achieved its sustainable finance target two years ahead of schedule, the Southeast Asian bank has also set interim climate targets for the coal mining and cement sector on its journey to net zero.

BlackRock buys New Zealand solar energy firm solarZero

New York-based BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, had $8.48 trillion of assets under management as of June 2022, including around $60 billion managed by BlackRock Real Assets.

Mirae Asset Launches Global X Bloomberg MSCI Asia Ex Japan Green Bond ETF

Green bonds are fixed income securities whose proceeds are exclusively and formally applied to projects or activities that promote climate or other environmental sustainability purposes.

MAS Managing Director comments on the challenges and necessity of achieving Net Zero

Climate change is happening at a faster pace than predicted by early climate models and therefore global greenhouse gas emissions must reach net zero around 2050.

Malaysia top pension funds’ CEOs warn will disinvest from firms that flout ESG

“dynamic document that we enhance regularly with the best practices out there,” Nik Amlizan Mohamed said. “It is a continuous journey for us, it is not static.”

J.P. Morgan Q&A: Mandate ESG disclosure for companies

ESG is quickly becoming top of mind for corporates globally.

CommBank launches Agri Green Loan

Innovative Agri Green Loan launches nationally, supporting producers’ environmental and climate goals.

Singapore enhances ESG metrics for funds

“These steps will be important in preparing issuers for eventually reporting against the ISSB standard, which is expected to be finalised by the end of this year,”

APRA publishes findings of latest climate risk self-assessment survey

APRA Deputy Chair Helen Rowell said the findings are encouraging however there is more work to do.

Northern Trust Asset Management Launches Quantitative ESG Strategy for EMEA and APAC Investors

The NT World Quality ESG Strategy Expands Manager’s Sustainable Quantitative Global Offering in EMEA and APAC

Asia’s HNW and UHNW Investors and the Growing Importance of ESG, Impact & Sustainability

Jersey Finance sponsored a Hubbis mini-survey of the upper echelons of the Asian wealth market in terms of high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-HNW (UHNW) clients and their relationship to ESG and investing for impact and sustainability.

SFC sets out the way forward for green and sustainable finance

“Climate change and sustainability are cross-border issues which require a coordinated response, and Hong Kong has a critical role to play as a regional and international green finance centre,”

Singapore Prices S$2.4 billion 50-year Inaugural Sovereign Green Bond; Public Offer now Open for Individual Investors

The remaining S$50 million of the bond will be offered to individual investors, who may submit their applications from 9:00am on 5 August to 12:00 noon on 10 August 2022.

Malaysia securities regulator urges fund industry to launch more ESG funds

“shape and influence the desired behaviour and instil greater urgency among the investee companies to transition towards low carbon activities and better sustainability practices”

China Southern Asset Management Releases 2021 ESG Investment Report

The new era is an era of high quality and sustainable development.

Octopus launches renewable energy platform

Octopus's platform, set up to manage Australia's energy transition, will finance the entire renewable energy life cycle from development, through construction and into long-term operations.

CBA launches international currency ESG Term Deposits as inflows top A$1.5 billion

Focus on sustainable finance product innovation also sees CommBank launch its first sustainability-linked derivative with client Treasury Wine Estates.

S&P Dow Jones and BOCHK launch Greater Bay Area climate index

The Greater Bay Area comprises Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in China’s southern Guangdong province, with a total population of over 70 million holding roughly 3 trillion RMB (US$440 billion) of investable assets.

Backing Asia's sustainable agenda - UBP

Even with backing from entrepreneurs and increasingly strong government support to embed key aspects of ESG principles and make ‘the net-zero transition’ happen, there is scope to do so much more.

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