08/11/2022
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,”
Planet SOS
08/08/2022
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.
08/08/2022
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
08/05/2022
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.
08/05/2022
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,”
08/05/2022
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.
07/29/2022
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”
07/22/2022
China Southern Asset Management Releases 2021 ESG Investment Report
The new era is an era of high quality and sustainable development.
07/21/2022
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.
07/18/2022
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.
07/12/2022
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.
06/29/2022
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.
06/23/2022
Cross-Agency Steering Group announces launch of information and data repositories and other progress in advancing Hong Kong’s green and sustainable finance development
The GSF Centre has been working to build capacity and enhance talent and data resources for the financial industry.
06/23/2022
Monetary Authority of Singapore opens AI utility to combat greenwashing
FIs would be able to tap on NovA! for their Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) risk assessment for originating, underwriting and servicing of sustainability linked loans.
06/22/2022
USAID launches clean energy investment scheme in Vietnam
USAID will work with Vietnam’s ministry of industry
06/16/2022
Deutsche Bank helps Huaneng Leasing with sustainable trade finance aligned to China’s Common Ground Taxonomy
The transaction also aligns to UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 9, related to Renewable Energy and Infrastructure development.
06/10/2022
Singapore’s Temasek sets up S$5 billion investment platform to speed up decarbonisation
“GenZero will not only support Temasek’s efforts as we strive towards halving our portfolio’s net emissions by 2030 and working towards a net zero portfolio by 2050, but also those of the wider ecosystem,”
06/01/2022
Gearing Up For Climate Action - The Road Ahead For The NGFS
Looking at where we are in our transition journey, the urgency to act is greater than it has ever been.
05/31/2022
Clifford Chance advises Bank of China (Hong Kong) and HSBC on world's largest retail green bond issuance
The firm has a track record of advising on market-leading and innovative debt issuances
05/30/2022
Abrdn eyes Asian sustainability trends
Energy transition and economic equality are expected to provide investment opportunities for investors in the region.