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Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) spectrum. This same ethical compass shift will likely also become pervasive across the wider capital markets ecosystem." The report outlines trends on both the investment bank and wealth management side, and there are ways in which the ...

Improve ESG data, analytics to enhance decisions: SAS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... oversight, Byun said. "It starts with the leader, and it goes to the importance of people and process in achieving the ecosystem around data," Byun said. "It is really around the operational process design and ensuring the hand-off. We work quite closely ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... abrdn Sustainability Institute is designed to drive sustainable investing and supporting the buildout of a resilient ESG ecosystem in Asia Pacific. It will "proactively engage with policymakers to help shape the region's ESG regulatory framework, support ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... possible. We also see space for domestic banks to provide construction finance as part of a well-functioning capital ecosystem for community housing into the future, and emerging opportunities for other private investment into different parts of the ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Reforestation, ecosystem regeneration and other projects will not only protect and restore biodiversity but could also support local communities and present a source of financial activity in the Asia Pacific region. The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Point Advisory and a subsidiary of Greening Australia have launched a new business that will deliver nature-based carbon credit projects for business and investors. NatureCo will respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... important, but beyond management, it's the governance of boards, creating structure, policy, protocol and truly developing an ecosystem within the company to think about sustainability not just in the form of risk management, but also in the form of ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Loh also said the focus should be on building a resilient ecosystem, wheresustainability isn't looked at in isolation. "A common challenge is how developing countries can ensure economic growth ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... four steps - identifying the asset - a wetland, or a mangrove forest, identifying the condition of that assets, what ecosystem services are derived from the asset, and then conditions related to the quantity and quality of that service, and then connecting ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... said Standard Chartered group chief executive Bill Winters. CIX will be headquartered in Singapore. "SGX serves the ecosystem as a leading sustainable and transition financing and trading hub," said, SGX chief executive officer Loh Boon Chye. "Climate ...