Welcome!
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Sustainability
Endowus to launch Asia's first digital multi-asset ESG portfolios for retail investors
Fund managers of these funds include JP Morgan Asset Management, Natixis-Mirova, PIMCO, Schroders and UOB Asset Management-Robeco.
March 17, 2021
Asset management
Amundi launches three funds here to broaden retail and ESG offerings
The funds can provide investors exposure to opportunities for diversification, quality value and post-Covid ESG themes.
February 23, 2021
Environmental, Social and Governance
Six Singapore firms now among Bloomberg's 2021 Gender-Equality Index
This is Genting Singapore's first time in the index, while DBS tops the list of Asean companies in the index.
January 27, 2021
Sustainability
Temasek to report air miles, paper, water usage in green push
SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte will start reporting its air miles, water, paper and electricity usage from this financial year, according to Chief Executive Officer Ho Ching.
November 12, 2019
Sustainability
Human rights and wrongs: Engaging with Chinese suppliers on sustainability
SINGAPORE (Oct 21): Companies can have a great deal of influence over their supply chains. Steady progress makes us confident that our engagement efforts are worthwhile and have already led to a significant shift in thinking at some Chinese manufacturers.
October 18, 2019
Funds
Growing population and climate risks are seeding interest in food and agriculture investments
SINGAPORE (Sept 16): By year-end, a new strategy focused on the entire food value chain may be made available to investors in Singapore. Amundi-owned subsidiary CPR Asset Management, which has assets under management of more than €47.5 billion ($72 bill
September 13, 2019
Management & Corporate Governance
The end of shareholder primacy?
SINGAPORE (Sept 2): In August, the Business Roundtable, a group comprising the CEOs of the US’ largest and most powerful corporations, formally abandoned the view that maximising shareholder value should be a company’s primary objective. The implicati
August 30, 2019
Sustainability
Asean banks failing to respond fast enough to existential environmental threats: WWF report
SINGAPORE (Aug 21): For decades, the financial industry has been accused of not taking climate risks seriously. A new report by conservation organisation WWF suggests that Asean banks, in particular, are dragging their feet on the issue.
August 21, 2019
Sustainability
Making money responsibly is no longer a choice
SINGAPORE (Aug 19): The call for better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices among businesses is no longer niche or restricted to the echo chamber of a handful of money managers and European pension funds. Globally, impact investing — wh
August 16, 2019
Sustainability
Making money responsibly is no longer a choice
SINGAPORE (Aug 19): The call for better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices among businesses is no longer niche or restricted to the echo chamber of a handful of money managers and European pension funds. Globally, impact investing — wh
August 16, 2019