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China issues inaugural sovereign green bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (MOF) has launched US$824 million green bonds of three-year and five-year maturity on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) international securities market, marking the first time that China has built ...

Schroders partners with Apple for clean energy strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Schroders Capital's Infrastructure team in Asia announced the first close of a China renewable energy strategy following a $166 million (US$100 million) anchor investment commitment from Apple. The actively managed strategy targets renewable infrastructure ...

Link between remuneration and sustainability grows: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... remuneration, followed by Germany at 96%. Outside of the EU, Australia ranked just behind the UK. The worst performers were China, Sweden and the US, where just 11 of its top 25 companies align pay with sustainability targets. To better integrate sustainability ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. Meng joined from the California Public Employees' Retirement System, where he was investment chief for 18 months. ...

ESG investing to skyrocket in APAC: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... investing, the report said. Additionally, a rising middle class and environmentally conscious younger population, particularly in China and India, are fuelling demand for ESG-aligned products and sustainable investment opportunities. In 2023, North America ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... the world's economically extractable lithium is in the 'lithium triangle' - Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia - as well as in China - countries with significant geopolitical risks. This concentration creates potential supply chain vulnerabilities due to ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... period of time has really been underpinned by trade liberalisation. It's been a great thing obviously for the people of China and globally, hundreds of millions of people rising literally out of abject poverty." Unfortunately, Jackson warns a shift towards ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... success of the Magnificent Seven - are directly based on inventions banked by the US Department of Defence. More recently, China deployed state entrepreneurship to develop global dominance in renewable technologies and electric vehicles. "With the right ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Nikola Garevski has joined Victorian Funds Management Corporation as a senior equities analyst. Garevski landed at the $92 billion VFMC from AustralianSuper, where he was a senior risk analyst on an eight-month contract. Previously, he spent over four ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investor network on ESG. Previously head of Oceania, Sydney-based Tang is now the regional head of Oceania and Asia, excluding China and Japan, for the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI or UN PRI). Tang reports to Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff ...