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FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has hired Helena Fung as head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, a newly created role. Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... firms can integrate their lending programs and their approach to ESG," said Mark Snowdon, head of capital markets, Asia Pacific at Northern Trust. "The most obvious area of focus on marrying an effective ESG policy with a securities lending program results ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... against board members of companies that are laggards on ESG performance. Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific, SSGA CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced in his annual letter to corporate boards that they will "take appropriate voting ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Crabb, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, B Lab Australia and New Zealand At the recent Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, two common challenges emerged: how to simply and efficiently identify companies committed to creating positive social and environmental ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... them, and adopted similar policies for tar sands. QBE and Suncorp announced exit policies this year, while in other Asia Pacific markets, Japanese, Chinese and Korean insurers such as Tokio Marine, SOMPO, Sinosure and Samsung Fire & Marine continue to ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... BlueOrchard, and he move will see BlueOrchard leverage existing relationships that Schroders has in Australia and across the Asia Pacific to meet increased interest in impact investing. "From a broader Schroders perspective the two businesses have had ...

Q&A with Pablo Berrutti on launch of Altiorem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... at Stewart Investors. He moved to his position earlier this year after working as head of responsible investment, Asia Pacific at Colonial First State Global Asset Management for seven years. He is also the founder of Altiorem, an online library and ...

Fidelity International appoints Jenn-Hui Tan global head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing, Fidelity International Tan was previously head of capital markets and corporate governance for Asia Pacific. In his new role, Tan will be responsible for providing external and internal leadership for Fidelity's sustainable investing ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Bill Hartnett

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment and will be based in London with a specific remit to support investment colleagues in Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific. Hartnett moved to ASI from the $12 billion Local Government Super, where he was head of responsible investment. "We are ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
The majority of investors in the Asia Pacific region are aligning their ESG investment framework with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new BNP Paribas survey. Madhu Gayer, investment analytics and sustainability manager, BNP Paribas ...