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First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... challenge of finding information in markets where disclosure is not mandated. "Obviously, our global equities teams and our APAC focused teams are going to continue to have that challenge year on year as we raise those issues in those parts of the world," ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... positions had been funded, how many had job preserved, and perhaps use that metric." Potential regional interest could come from APAC investors, and insurance companies, which are not seeing the same level of liquidity and redemption pressures as the ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Trucost, part of S&P Global, has hired Michael Salvatico as head of Asia Pacific ESG business development. Michael Salvatico, executive director, client coverage, MSCI Salvatico comes to the role from MSCI, where he was executive director. Salvatico ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Australia and New Zealand were analysed as part of the wider APAC region, CDP said. "I think for the region as a whole, I would cite the action we are seeing in New Zealand, with its Zero Carbon ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... on the social side and maintaining the efforts around the climate effort." Meanwhile, Phineas Glover, head of ESG research APAC at Credit Suisse noted that water stress was a material global issue globally and also in Australia, with the twin impacts ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... anti-bribery/corruption." Bennett was managing director at Blackrock and head of the Blackrock group investment stewardship team for the APAC region based in Hong Kong. In this role she led the team responsible for engagement and proxy voting activities. ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... more than 190% in three years. Prior to that he worked in investment banking at companies including NAB, ABN AMRO and BZW in APAC, the UK and Australia, as well as serving as Head of Markets at the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA). The ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... blended finance mandates. "BlueOrchard's Singapore office plays a key role in our effort to grow the company's presence in the APAC region," said Pierrick Balmain, head of APAC business development at BlueOrchard. "From this critical strategic post ...

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 ...