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SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... environmentally-conscious customers, obtain lower-cost financing and gain better access to capital," said associate professor Lawrence Loh, director of CGS at NUS Business School. "This improves resilience in the face of future challenges. We hope that ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... world and there's a lovely intersection with impact investing as well," said Neuberger Berman Australian managing director Paul O'Halloran. The Impact Fund is backed by global investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... America Merrill Lynch. Looking across the Asia Pacific region, Fidelity International has hired Gabriel Wilson-Otto as director, sustainable investing, expanding its sustainability investing team. In this new role based in Hong Kong, Wilson-Otto will ...

First Sentier launches unit for sustainability research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... rigour. The advisory board consists three people: Alex Edmans, professor of finance at London Business School and academic director of the Centre for Corporate Governance; Norichika Kanie, professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio ...

CBRE hires APAC ESG research lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... research and Australian industrial and logistics research. J-Baleh will join the firm from JLL where she was the national director of industrial and logistics research, following prior roles at Colliers, Urbis and Mainfreight. "Sass's strong market profile ...

Fidelity International expands sustainable investing team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Fidelity International has hired Gabriel Wilson-Otto as director, sustainable investing, expanding its sustainability investing team. In this new role based in Hong Kong, Wilson-Otto will work to further integrate sustainability considerations into ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Solutions business in the Pacific region," says Jessie Pak, head of Asia Pacific, investment solutions, LSEG and managing director Asia, FTSE Russell. "Bringing an impressive track record for growth, Martin will play a crucial role in developing new ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... and targeting microinsurance as a service that brings both positive financial return and social benefit. Alison Chan, director, sustainable finance at National Australia Bank, pointed to the growing sustainability linked loan (SLL) sector as an indicator ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... a range of reasons why more European investors are taking action than North American investors," says David Klausner, director, thematic research, PGIM. "One thing that stuck out is the fact that regulatory regimes are quite different." Klausner pointed ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Super fund trustees are "squeezed" when it comes to managing climate risk, between members seeking divestment, regulatory guidance on managing climate risk, and proposed legislation that may limit access to proxy advisers, according to the chair of ...