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ASIC takes Mercer to court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Glencore PLC and Whitehaven Coal Ltd); 15 companies involved in the production of alcohol (including Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, Carlsberg AS, Heineken Holding NV and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd); and 19 companies involved in gambling (including ...

Fidelity bolsters ESG skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... top priority at Fidelity. Building out the capability and coverage of our global sustainable investing team both here in APAC and in Europe, signals just how important this is to us as a firm and to our clients."

APAC investors cite ESG impact in real asset allocations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Nearly a third of APAC investors see positive ESG impact as a primary reason to invest in real assets in 2023, according to Aviva Investors. Aviva Investors have launched the fifth edition their Real Assets Study, featuring insights in attitudes towards ...

Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... and that is a great future for our mining sector. "But we should be positioning ourselves as a sustainable finance hub for APAC. Within Australia, we have this huge pool of capital, we've got extreme knowledge within our baking sector, within the superannuation ...

APAC outperforms amid global sustainable finance pullback

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... analyst, deals intelligence - Asia Pacific and Japan Elaine Tan said that while levels decreased at a global level, within the APAC region, activity was buoyant. "We still have seen an increase in the number of deals, especially in APAC for sustainable ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... sub-themes, to create a universe of potential investments," said Tomomi Shimada, lead sustainable investing strategist for APAC on the Sustainable Investing Team. This information is then overlaid onto fundamental investment research by the firm's global ...

Australia leads on climate risk coverage, but depth lacking: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... 44%, respectively. Coverage scores continue to increase globally, but quality scores have largely plateaued, a point that EY APAC leader and partner - climate change and sustainability services Terence Jeyaretnam highlighted. "Coverage is going well ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Singapore-based Jane Ho is the new head of stewardship, Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM). In her new role, Ho will lead the firm's stewardship activities in Asia Pacific, including researching key corporate governance issues ...

Energy insecurity won't halt green transition: Northern Trust Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... term, but their importance in the medium term is strengthened," said Northern Trust AM chief investment strategist, EMEA and APAC Wouter Sturkenboom. "Regionally, you can tell that there are differences. The green transition is more developed in European ...

ESG tops inflation, rate hikes as key priority for fixed income investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds, as well as wealth and asset managers. Of the participants, 110 are based in APAC and 28 are in Australia. The survey research finds that while investors are feeling the impact of inflation and rate ...