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.

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.
However, the Singapore-based asset management arm of OCBC is not including China in its plans.
Citibank adds; Focus fund decisions; Man Investments gears up; Fidelity cuts prices; Crystal balls; Japanese robo-advisors; advertising from Lion Global and Nikko and much more.
Gerard Lee, CEO of Singapore’s Lion Global Investors (LGI), shares his thoughts on ESG investing, the onshore China market and fee pressure.
Lion Global Investors (LGI) is expected to list its first ETF on the Singapore Exchange on 30 October.
Singapore’s Lion Global Investors has launched a retail fund that invests in disruptive industries.
The S$550m fund intends to invest in small and medium-sized companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
Lion Global Investors has launched three RQFII (Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) funds after it received an RMB1bn ($161m) quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE).
The RQFII licence will allow Baring Asset Management direct access to mainland Renminbi-denominated equity and fixed income securities.
Lion Global Investors intends to offer a suite of Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) products, including bond and balanced funds.
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