09/20/2019
Challenges related to AI include short corporate lifecycles and blurred sectoral boundaries, and investors surveyed are “increasingly mixing active and passive investment strategies, focusing on idiosyncratic risk in portfolios” to address the
09/18/2019
ESG factor integration is the most popular strategy used in Australia. Japanese institutional investors tend to use the governance factor the most and prefer positive screening.
09/16/2019
Large asset owners in Asia are allocating increasingly to strategies that take environmental, social and governance issues into account.
09/16/2019
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change sets ambitious targets for governments to meet by 2050.
09/13/2019
Other than calling attention to the ecological breakdown that will lead major ecosystems to their tipping point
09/12/2019
«In Asia we are seeing a changing of the guard,» Michael Reed, head of Wealth Management, Southeast Asia and chief executive, RBC Singapore, said about the survey findings.
09/11/2019
The study also found that the younger generation of Asia’s high net worth families believe that they view wealth differently from their parents, with 69 per cent of them saying so.
09/10/2019
The loans will be structured under a sustainability framework and certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative and verified by the Carbon Trust.
09/09/2019
Harassment, death threats, kidnapping. It’s not easy campaigning for renewable energy in Southeast Asia. Eco-Business asked activists in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam about the challenges they face fighting for a clean energy future.
09/06/2019
Global Reporting Initiative has launched in Southeast Asia, and the non-profit aims to help businesses in the region navigate the complexities of sustainability reporting.
09/06/2019
In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the adverse effects microplastics floating in the ocean have on the ecosystem and human health.
09/03/2019
Fund managers are also responsible for setting expectations on how companies should disclose ESG information, SSGA says.
08/30/2019
Amundi subsidiary CPR Asset Management intends to launch a series of thematic funds to Singapore’s retail investors.
08/30/2019
For an international financial centre like Hong Kong something more innovative and internationally minded is needed.
08/28/2019
According to Xav Feng, head of Lipper Asia Pacific Research, ESG investing has become increasingly popular in Taiwan.
08/28/2019
One tool being used to green corporate China is sustainability reporting.
08/27/2019
With a member cohort primarily comprised of higher education professionals, Pearce said the fund is on top of the issue, though noted it required more detailed attention than simply being aware the issue exists.
08/23/2019
More than 50 per cent of Southeast Asian banks fulfilled less than a quarter of the criteria, the report titled Sustainable Banking Assessment reads.
08/22/2019
Applicants must have at least two years of investment experience in the private equity secondary market, with independent risk management and compliance functions.
08/21/2019
Proceeds for about 60% of these bonds were used for green buildings, energy, and transport projects.