Oscar Yang, research analyst and portfolio manager at Impax Asset Management. discusses the firm’s water equity portfolio, which uses an ESG screen to invest in the equities of water companies.
Category: News
HEAD-TO-HEAD: iShares vs Vanguard
FSA compares two Japan index products from the industry’s two giants: the iShares Japan Equity Index Fund and the Vanguard Japan Stock Index Fund.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 16 March 2018
Changes at Mornington and at Mirae; DBS PB focuses on tech; Mercer thinks lowly of multi-asset; Nexus exits; Lady luck; AI is not so bright; Teasing advisers and much, much more.
Putting high yield through an ESG filter
Bluebay built an ESG version of its existing high yield fund and found that screening in a high yield bond fund requires reliance on in-house ESG analysis rather than external providers, according to My-Linh Ngo, head of ESG investment risk at Bluebay Asset Management.
ESG Forum Morning Briefing Singapore 2018
FSA presents photo highlights of its inaugural ESG Forum Morning Briefing, which was held on 15 March at Swissotel Stamford in Singapore.
Hong Kong’s SFC goes after big guns
In separate moves, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission this month has gone after UBS, Deutsche Bank and CLSA for regulatory breaches.
Video: Hermes IM on ESG investing
Lewis Grant, director and senior portfolio manager at Hermes Investment Management, answers three questions about his approach to ESG investing.
In case you missed it (16 March 2018)
Franklin Templeton and Samsung AM to establish JV in Korea; Nippon Life to acquire 5% stake in Deutsche AM IPO; UBS AM launches RMB fixed income fund to professional investors in Hong Kong and Singapore; majority of funds in Australia underperform; MAS and Singapore Police to jointly investigate all financial advisory offences; MSCI launches 12 new China indexes; and more…
HSBC GAM: Currency rise may lift China bonds
China will see a stronger renminbi and a looser money supply in 2018, as the authorities’ agenda aimed at curbing domestic leverage evolves, argues Gregory Suen, investment director for Asian fixed income at HSBC Global Asset Management.
Amundi AM may follow peers with China WFOE
Amundi Asset Management is considering setting up wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in China and plans to launch more Hong Kong-domiciled funds, according to Zhong Xiaofeng, the firm’s CEO for North Asia.
