Aberdeen Standard to vote against boards with gender pay disparities
Aberdeen Standard Investments has warned companies in which it invests to rectify pay gaps between men and women or face increasingly aggressive voting at AGMs.
Asia
Latest news and expert analysis on ESG investment topics for the Asia region.
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PRI Report Cards – Who scored an A+?
Asset managers signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are beginning to receive their 2018 report cards from the association on how well ESG metrics are incorporated into their investment processes.
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Osmosis launches sustainability fund with the X factor
Osmosis Investment Management, the London-based boutique asset manager, has launched an Absolute Return fund with a bias towards resource efficient companies.
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Cyber security reporting too weak, warns PRI
Listed public companies are failing to outline to investors how they protect their firms against major cyber security attacks in their corporate reporting.
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ESG managers shun outperforming Faangs
Facebook, Amazon and Apple have been shunned by fund managers using an environmental, social and governance approach to investing, although Google parent Alphabet still gets a pass.
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US asset manager Westwood joins UN PRI signatories
US-based asset manager Westwood Holdings has become the latest signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
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Kempen becomes latest to exclude tobacco from funds
Amsterdam-based Kempen Capital Management has announced that all of its funds will be tobacco-free by the end of the year.
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Impact investing on the rise among millennials
A growing number of UK investors under the age of 40 are opting for investments that generate returns whilst making a positive contribution to the world, new research shows.
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ESG pushed from the top-down in Asia
Gerard Lee, CEO of Singapore’s Lion Global Investors (LGI), shares his thoughts on ESG investing, the onshore China market and fee pressure.
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HSBC and Standard Chartered to finance new coal plants
British banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have agreed to finance half a dozen new coal power plants in Vietnam and Indonesia, which will create 44 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
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Government seeks fund managers for electric car fund
The UK government has opened the bidding process for fund managers interested in managing a £400 million fund to stimulate investment in electric vehicles across the UK.
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US pension sponsors not convinced by ESG
A whopping 88% of US companies sponsoring workplace pension schemes have not integrated environmental, social and governance metrics into their investment strategies.