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Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... GFC. The UK published the first Stewardship Code in 2010, and other markets have followed suit including the US, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, Malaysia and Brazil. "All of our members have to adhere to the standards," said ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... SSgA SSgA performed a survey of 475 institutional investors, 39% of which were based in APAC - Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, China and Australia. Of the APAC respondents, 70% said that ESG strategy had significantly improved returns, while 74% ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... to implement ESG in their investment process, 194 were from APAC, with Australia on 45, Singapore on 34, Japan on 27, Hong Kong on 25, South Korea on 18, Taiwan on 18, and Mainland China on 17. Of the 194 APAC investors, 72% said they do implement ESG ...

CEFC appoints Ian Learmonth as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... previously worked as an executive director of Macquarie Group for 12 years and has investment banking experience in Sydney, Hong Kong and London. Learmonth sees clear correlations between social impact investing and investing in the renewable energy/energy ...

MSCI hires Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... hired Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research, as vice president of corporate governance research. Cheng will be based in Hong Kong. He has more than two decades' experience in law, securities, governance and financial regulation. Prior to MSCI, Cheng worked ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Investors in the region are invited to participate in the group, including China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and the Pacific. The AIGCC is part of the Global Investor Collaboration ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... just adds to the risk profile of a company where actions can take place that won't result in enforcement," she said. Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia all have regimes for ESG disclosure to clients, Bennett noted, while Japan has a Stewardship Code for ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... that's happening at the moment. We've also been working with stock exchanges - stock exchanges in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have been doing more on warning companies to do more on sustainability reporting. They've been our focus. We're also developing ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Pedley, director investments, UCA Funds Management Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment strategy, Asia. In this role, he helped manage more than AU$90 billion in assets for clients. ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... influenced by variable regulatory and market considerations, according to Ronnie Lim, senior investment specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Ronnie Lim, senior investment specialist at Robeco Hong Kong. Robeco integrates sustainable investing into its process ...