The firm’s new tool aims to refine the plethora of often conflicting ESG data to provide more accurate assessments and improve company engagement.
Category: ESG
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Allianz versus Pictet
FSA compares two ESG products: the Pictet Water Fund and the Allianz Global Water Fund.
Hermes finds ESG prospects among small- and mid-caps
There are opportunities for collaboration with smaller firms to meet their sustainable development goals (SDGs) while also enhancing investment returns, according to Hermes small- and mid-cap head Hamish Galpin.
Stan Chart and Robeco partner on ESG training
Standard Chartered Private Bank has collaborated with Robeco to provide ESG training to the bank’s relationship managers.
Real ESG mandate a decade away in Asia
Pictet Wealth Management talks to FSA about ESG, the launch of an Asia bond discretionary mandate and the fund selection process.
As ESG products grow, greenwashing follows
Sustainable funds are multiplying, and Morningstar warns that some managers are only posing as ESG investors.
Hong Kong demands transparency on ESG claims
To combat greenwashing, funds with ESG mandates are required to show how they include environment, social and governance factors in the investment approach, according to the SFC.
No ESG plan would be ‘suicidal’
Amundi and BNP Paribas AM aim to integrate ESG factors across all products, and Willis Towers Watson expects more firms to follow – or lose business.
ESG Clarity Symposium Singapore & Hong Kong
Fund Selector Asia in association with ESG Clarity have launched a new event that puts a spotlight on ESG and sustainable investing.
SFC to minimize greenwashing in ESG funds
The Hong Kong regulator will begin by carrying out a survey to find out how asset managers integrate ESG factors into their investment process, according to Ashley Alder, the SFC’s CEO.
