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State Street receives Shariah-compliant certificate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... US$4.5 trillion in 2022 to US$6.67 trillion in 2027. By aligning operating models to Shariah principles, State Street head of Asia Pacific Stefan Gmuer said State Street stands to benefit. "The global Islamic finance industry has experienced strong growth ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager earlier worked for S&P competitor MSCI becoming its first ESG consultant in Asia Pacific. So when a similar job came up at the firm known for its rating agency business and stock market indices, she jumped ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... global equity boutique Bell Asset Management. Wu joined from Ellerston Capital where she served as a research analyst covering Asia ex-Japan equities. Previously, she worked at Contango Asset Management as an associate analyst covering Australian equities ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... or even a bond in general compared to those issued in the market," said Xuan Sheng Ou Yong, sustainable fixed income lead, Asia Pacific, at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He said that the small size makes sense because it could be potentially challenging ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... supported in APAC by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a network of investors with AU$33 trn AUM, and the US$28 trn Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). IGCC and AIGCC chief executive Rebecca Mikula-Wright said there is a growing ...

Olympics flame sparks $10bn pledge to sports equality

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
International development banks pledge $10 billion to promote the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in sports. This comes as the Paris Summer Olympics kick off, with the opening ceremony held on Friday. The inaugural Sport for ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... transition finance. Robeco has launched two new funds to advance the sustainable transition, focused on emerging economies in Asia. US$125 trillion is needed to help emerging economies achieve net zero by 2050, the firm estimates. The fund has launched ...

Podcast: First Nations cultural heritage and FPIC with Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... and Investment. He comes from a background defending the rights of Indigenous communities in development projects in South Asia, police accountability at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and prosecution at the International Criminal Court. Listen ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Cameron has worked for Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv and headed up the sustainable finance and investment sales efforts for Asia Pacific at the London Stock Exchange Group. She was most recently chief commercial officer for Viridios AI, the global carbon ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... formally committed to the process. Our work has gone global with major growth outside Europe and North America - especially in Asia. "To ensure we can sustain this momentum and improve our governance, we have begun the full separation of standard development ...