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State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... new environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX early next month. Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund (E200) tracks the S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index, a "broad-based, market-cap-weighted index ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the Aberdeen Standard Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director - Asia Pacific, ASI The fund is a high-conviction portfolio of quality global smaller company investment opportunities, with an integrated ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... its co-founders and today manages over AU$5 billion for clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions, focussing on concentrated portfolios of listed infrastructure securities that exhibit core infrastructure characteristics. ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... with high quality service and delivery standards to provide intelligent outcomes for its clients and partners." "Asia Pacific is home to a range of unique and systemically important sustainability challenges," said Nicky Amos, managing director, Chronos ...

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 ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... to issues linked to environmental degradation," said Jonathan Drew, managing director, Sustainable Finance, HSBC Asia Pacific. "However, the findings also reveal the disparity between nations and the enormous amount of work still to be done. There is ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... meeting targets in line with the Paris Agreement. This year, the report analyses response from 2,511 companies in the Asia Pacific region and comparing them to performance against the recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... immediate crisis and helping to shape the long-term value creation that will emerge post-crisis. Matthew Bell, EY Asia Pacific climate change and sustainability leader Companies are making decisions to protect health and wellbeing within operations and ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
KPMG Australia has acquired Action Sustainability Asia Pacific, a boutique consultancy specialising specialises in social and environmental sustainability advisory services. Staff of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific The boutique consultancy is a leader ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has hired Helena Fung as head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, a newly created role. Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes ...