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PRI augments Australian team with hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
PRI has hired a head of APAC policy among other roles designed to augment its capacity in Australia. Daniel Wiseman joins PRI on 13 September in a newly created role as Head of APAC Policy. He will be based in Melbourne and will oversee the management ...

Supermarket giant inks $1.3bn sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... the long-term sustainability strategy of clients," said Noémie Peiffer head sustainable finance, Capital Markets Group APAC, BNP Paribas. "We leverage on the long-term sustainability ambition of our clients and then within that, we break it down year ...

ESG funds, ETPs see billion-dollar inflows

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Net flows to ESG funds and exchange traded products (ETPs) have shown strong growth overall in the last 12 months. According to research from Rainmaker Information, a net total of $1.9 billion have gone into ESG related unit trusts in the twelve months ...

Fidelity International nabs HESTA talent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... at Fidelity," Tann said. "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."

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Pacific CEO René Buehlmann. ASI will also to increase their ESG-dedicated headcounts as part of its strategy to deepen its APAC sustainability capabilities. "Asia is still far behind the rest of the world in deploying sustainable investment strategies ...

Schroders names APAC sustainability heads

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Schroders has appointed a head of sustainability strategy, APAC and a head of ESG integration, Asia Pacific as part of building a four-person APAC sustainability team. Mervyn Tang will join Schroders in late July as the new head of sustainability strategy ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... go from the fourth quarter." RadiantESG will seek out both institutional clients and wealth managers in the US, Europe and APAC, potentially including Australia. The RadiantESG investment approach is to view companies through a variety of lenses including ...

A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... moral objectives? According to the latest MSCI 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey, around 79% of investors in the APAC region increased their ESG investments while 57% said they expect to have "completely" or "to a large extent" incorporated ESG ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... well as environmental compliance regimes - that can be leveraged and made available to the CER." Australia is not the only APAC market developing a carbon exchange. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is developing a carbon exchange and marketplace with an ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... continues to grow, and we expect that to accelerate given the global low rate environment," said J.P. Morgan Asset Management APAC CEO Dan Watkins. "Long-term total returns from timberland tend to be low in volatility, limited in correlation to other ...