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Supermarket giant inks $1.3bn sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... the long-term sustainability strategy of clients," said Noémie Peiffer head sustainable finance, Capital Markets Group APAC, BNP Paribas. "We leverage on the long-term sustainability ambition of our clients and then within that, we break it down year ...

ESG funds, ETPs see billion-dollar inflows

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Net flows to ESG funds and exchange traded products (ETPs) have shown strong growth overall in the last 12 months. According to research from Rainmaker Information, a net total of $1.9 billion have gone into ESG related unit trusts in the twelve months ...

Fidelity International nabs HESTA talent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... at Fidelity," Tann said. "Building out the capability and coverage of our global Sustainable Investing Team both here in APAC and in Europe, signals just how important this is to us as a firm and to our clients."

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Pacific CEO René Buehlmann. ASI will also to increase their ESG-dedicated headcounts as part of its strategy to deepen its APAC sustainability capabilities. "Asia is still far behind the rest of the world in deploying sustainable investment strategies ...

Schroders names APAC sustainability heads

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Schroders has appointed a head of sustainability strategy, APAC and a head of ESG integration, Asia Pacific as part of building a four-person APAC sustainability team. Mervyn Tang will join Schroders in late July as the new head of sustainability strategy ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... go from the fourth quarter." RadiantESG will seek out both institutional clients and wealth managers in the US, Europe and APAC, potentially including Australia. The RadiantESG investment approach is to view companies through a variety of lenses including ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... well as environmental compliance regimes - that can be leveraged and made available to the CER." Australia is not the only APAC market developing a carbon exchange. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is developing a carbon exchange and marketplace with an ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... continues to grow, and we expect that to accelerate given the global low rate environment," said J.P. Morgan Asset Management APAC CEO Dan Watkins. "Long-term total returns from timberland tend to be low in volatility, limited in correlation to other ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... find out what investors want to see from sustainability linked bonds," said BNP Paribas head of sustainable capital markets APAC Chaoni Huang. "We looked at the ambition level and peer benchmarking both domestically and globally, to come to a conclusion ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... differences in the methodologies in ESG ratings "really healthy", a perspective that FTSE Russell head of sustainable investment, APAC Helena Fung reinforced. "What investors are broadly seeking to do in integrating ESG, as much as it is about reflecting ...