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RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... a structural perspective but also on a host of details," said Xuan Sheng Ou Yong, sustainable fixed income lead, Asia Pacific, at BNP Paribas Asset Management. "Bond issuers must provide exhaustive use-of-proceeds information, demonstrating how they ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid "new market regime"

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... 51% are interested in new infrastructure projects such as energy storage and grids. Notably, pension funds in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region showed above-average interest in nature-based solutions. Nuveen's head of global client group Mike Perry ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... strategic growth priorities. Following a 17-year career at MAM, where she was most recently chief operating officer for Asia Pacific, Elliot joins New Forests' executive leadership team, reporting to chief executive Mark Rogers. New Forests also ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australian and Asia Pacific financiers see reputational risk as a greater concern than the social and environmental impacts of the companies in which they invest. Personal views on climate are influencing investment decision-making, with financiers ...

Rest makes another impact investment allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... outcomes to make the world a better place," said Justin Cowper, head of institutional business for Ninety One in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. "We are fully aligned with this philosophy and as such, are ecstatic to have partnered with Rest on our ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... couple of years and would be beneficial for global investors including Australian ones," BNP Paribas Asset Management Asia Pacific ESG research lead Crystal Geng told FS Sustainability. "Firstly, it will be directly related to sustainability, will enhance ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... happened in Australia. There is a big uplift in the number of strikes," said Paul Murphy, Georgeson's head of ESG for Asia Pacific. "There's an element of cumulative effect - there are a lot of investors that operate on based on guidelines on remuneration ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Defence and Trade in 2017. Now the investor-led, multi-stakeholder initiative Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) has joined the with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), international human rights ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... kilogram per litre corresponding to an API gravity below 10° and coal bed methane," Jane Ho, head of stewardship Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas Asset Management commented. "We will only invest in energy companies that derive less than 10% of their activities ...

Podcast: Driving the just transition in APAC - Jane Ho

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investment considerations. Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management head of stewardship, Asia Pacific, Jane Ho. Jane discusses how she implements the global aims of energy transition, environmental sustainability and equality ...
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