Japan soars and Hong Kong falls in governance rankings
Japan soars up the rankings and Hong Kong plummets in the Asian Corporate Governance Association’s biennial survey
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‘Urgent’ calls for more control over proxy voting
Anti-ESG sentiment hindering asset managers’ ability to represent diverse views
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Green Dream with Victory Hill’s Fraser-Smith: Investors don’t ask enough questions
Eleanor Fraser Smith says she’s frustrated by the lack of questions on impact and stewardship
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Evenlode bolsters stewardship team with analyst hire
Lily Postlethwaite joins after five years at Whitley Asset Management
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Advice firms take steps towards net zero
As they aim to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
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Dimensional rolls out sustainability targeted value fund
Focused on reducing exposure to companies with high carbon intensity
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Rathbones to launch global sustainable bond fund
To be managed by head of fixed income Bryn Jones and fund manager Stuart Chilvers
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Dragon Capital Group equity fund classified as SFDR Article 8
Vietnam fund’s ESG criteria underscored by reclassification
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Less than a quarter of Asian fund managers reject investments on ESG grounds
Morrison & Foerster survey finds 91% are confident they can improve an investment’s ESG credentials
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Carbon emissions top ESG concern for LPs and GPs
Survey finds DEI ranks second but majority are not allocating funds to address it
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Return ESG to ‘common-sense’ values investing
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights report argues one composite score makes ESG ‘a bundle of contradictions’
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LGIM adds sovereign risk to ESG framework for EM bond fund
L&G Future World ESG Emerging Markets Government Bond Local Currency Index will consider geopolitical stability