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ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Europe 94%. APAC was the only region that saw an increase of 2% over the previous year. "While markets such as Australia, Japan, and Singapore continue to have high prevalence of ESG measures in executive incentives, we haven't seen significant change ...

Green moves: Fremantle Seaweed, Impact&ble, Emmi, Petuna Aquaculture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A climate risk institute has scooped up Altius Asset Management co-founder, meanwhile a company cutting methane from cow burps nabs Ethical Partners' former head of stewardship. Altius Asset Management co-founder Bill Bovingdon has been named the ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... note that US policy won't sway Australia's bilateral relationships with major trading partners like South Korea, Japan, Europe and China. However, financiers are seeing challenges with price, power purchase agreements (PPA), and long-term energy ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Philippines, the US demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven in South Korea, and last year formalised a new security agreement with Papua New Guinea. The US government's spend ...

Green moves at Future Group, AusSuper, Birdwood, Minderoo, Mutual Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Future Group has a new head of sustainable investments. Jackie Radisich was promoted after joining as an analyst in 2019. She was previously at executive search firm Perrett Laver. The team now hunts for a new junior analyst, "someone who is passionate ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Osaki said in a public statement. He will also be based in Sydney, working with core APAC markets in Australia, China and Japan. Osaki previously worked at EY. UN PRI is currently seeking to bolster its labour resources and looking for experts in policy ...

Economic woes hit ESG trades

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... traders feel the local and international markets are performing, their attitudes to AI and their generational segments." Japan was the nation most concerned about ESG in investment decision-making, with 37% of investors considering it important. Germany ...

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

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... over 17 years' experience working in the investment industry, Asai started her career as an equity research analyst in Japan, moving to equity research sales and later as an institutional relationship and sales director. She has previously worked ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change its benchmark from the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index to MSCI Nihonkabu ESG Select Leaders Index. This change means: the new benchmark excludes REIT there ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... and Turkey, recently signing on. It's also on the table for middle and high-income countries, including Costa Rica, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Canada. China's Ministry of Finance recently announced a unified China Sustainability Disclosure ...