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Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... social responsibility on behalf of cioents, and a desire to mitigate ESG-related risks. Primary drivers of adoption in the APAC region include mitigation of ESG risks at 47%, fiduciary risk at 38% and pressure from beneficiaries at 37%, SSGA said. "The ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... that are unique and interesting, in the same way that they test alpha signals," said Jessica Huang, head of Americas and APAC platform strategy and innovation on the BlackRock Sustainable Investing team. "They put in the same amount of research in proving ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... ESG not just from the fund level, but also to the asset level, manager, through to the underlying security. "Key thing from APAC and the market is that of the investors who are looking at putting investment strategies in place in APAC, 77% are engaging ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... that private equity deal-making is expected to be even stronger in the next 12 months. In October 2017, dry powder levels in APAC PE had reached the record level of US$57.5 billion and in Australia some US$7.7 billion. "[Respondents] are forecasting ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... improved returns," according to a survey conducted by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). Kevin Anderson, head of investments, APAC, at SSgA SSgA performed a survey of 475 institutional investors, 39% of which were based in APAC - Japan, Singapore ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... the 582 institutional investors who are implementing, or plan to implement ESG in their investment process, 194 were from APAC, with Australia on 45, Singapore on 34, Japan on 27, Hong Kong on 25, South Korea on 18, Taiwan on 18, and Mainland China on ...

South Pole Group acquires Climate Friendly, splits business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... positioning with South Pole Group's premium suite of solutions, we can reinforce our offering and ensure competitiveness in the APAC region, as well as in North America." With the split of the business units, Climate Friendly will focus on developing ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The maturation and evolution of what sustainability means in a corporate environment will see organisations continue to embed sustainability with corporate strategy in Australia. Sustainability experts tell The Sustainability Report that environmental ...

Northern Trust names new global head of ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... opportunity for growth in ESG." Sarr will be based in Abu-Dhabi and report to Wayne Bowers, head of asset management-EMEA and APAC, and will work closely with the global equity strategist team. He will also collaborate with multi-manager investments ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... analyse the performance of its members. ANREV's membership makes up 81% of the non-listed real estate industry respondents in APAC. "The survey shows that ANREV members show a real leadership in sustainability in APAC and globally," ANREV said. "The ...