DBS PB sets sustainable AUM target
This year alone, the bank aims to onboard at least 10 ESG products, including ETFs, mutual funds and private equity investments.
Asia
Latest news and expert analysis on ESG investment topics for the Asia region.
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Singapore robo launches ESG portfolios
The portfolios are comprised of funds managed by JP Morgan AM, Natixis IM’s Mirova, Pimco, Schroders and UOB Asset Management-Robeco.
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Franklin Templeton brings together ESG leaders for sustainability council
Global head of ESG Julie Moret has left the firm.
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Green Dream with HSBC’s Angus Parker: Re-wiring the global economy to tackle climate change
HSBC Global Asset Management’s Angus Parker discusses the repositioning of the global climate change fund and being overweight in Asia
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DBS raises $500m for new ESG strategy
An earlier version of the product launched in 2018 only raised $70m.
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Hong Kong’s ESG-approved funds outperform peers
Seventeen fund managers are on the list, with Pictet Asset Management and Allianz Global Investors having the most number of ESG or green funds.
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CFA launches global ESG certificate
The Certificate in ESG Investing will now be marketed globally to meet ‘increased demand’.
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Refinitiv finds disappointing progress in companies addressing gender pay gap
New Refinitiv report says FTSE All World index companies with no pay gap outperformed those with a pay gap by 58% since 2016.
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Allianz GI expands green fund range
Separately, the firm announced that 74 of its funds have joined its sustainable investment offering.
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SFDR may deter the greenwashers but will it be the source of more confusion?
Concerns over ‘vague and imprecise’ detail in new sustainable disclosure legislation but still an ‘important step’.
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Shareholders ‘cannot sit back and relax’ despite HSBC’s coal funding vote
The bank has tabled a resolution that commits it to phasing out financing of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining.
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US managers not really getting behind the ESG agenda
Signatories of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment initiative have unfortunately not made a tangible difference.