A healthcare company providing glucose monitoring for diabetes patients, which Hermes includes in its impact fund, saw its share price surge 70% this year.
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A healthcare company providing glucose monitoring for diabetes patients, which Hermes includes in its impact fund, saw its share price surge 70% this year.
Other banks also believe that there is an increasing interest in impact investing among Asia-based investors.
The fund, run in partnership with American Century Investments, will be guided by UN sustainable development goals.
Lack of successful examples for investment returns and weak corporate governance are key challenges for impact investment in Southeast Asia, according to the latest report by the Global Impact Investing Network.
A website for professional investors interested in global ESG and impact investing has been launched by Last Word – the company that owns Fund Selector Asia/Portfolio Adviser/Expert investor/International Adviser.
The bank plans to increase the range of sustainable and impact investment products available to Asia clients, according to Mario Knoepfel, Hong Kong-based head of sustainable investing advisory for Asia-Pacific at UBS Wealth Management.
Over a three-year period, three-quarters of the funds in the ethical/sustainable category underperformed the index, but as a percentage, they did better than conventional equity funds,, FSA research shows.
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