Taiwan’s alignment with international sustainability norms make it attractive debt capital raising venue

Asia-Pacific insurance gap high compared with rest of world, greater insurance density a plus

DBS Group Holdings has appointed Helge Muenkel as chief sustainability officer, with effect from January 24. He succeeds Mikkel Larsen, who transitioned into his role as chief executive officer at Climate Impact X (CIX), a joint venture of DBS, Singapore Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank and Temasek, in November 2021.

By significantly shortening the life of Asia’s coal-fired power plants, the new Energy Transition Mechanism will unlock new investment in sustainable and renewable sources of power. This model will help to solve the region’s climate challenges, and can potentially be scaled and exported around the world

Qontigo, a provider of innovative risk, analytics, and index solutions, has teamed up with RepRisk, a pioneer in environmental, social and governance (ESG) data science. The partnership will enable Qontigo to gain access to RepRisk’s ESG risk data via Axioma portfolio analytics and risk models, and build indices under its STOXX family of brands.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are becoming increasingly important for wealthy families in Asia, and they are looking into new technologies to ensure that their investments and business practices generate positive impact on society and the environment.

Initiative aims to provide investors with pricing benchmark, risk management tool

Malaysian investors able to access US$35.3 trillion global sustainable asset market

While ESG investing has yet to become mainstream in China, the country’s green initiatives, especially its pledge to reach carbon emissions peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, have helped the concept to gain traction. Excluding money market funds, total ESG mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) saw AUM more than triple in 2020 to reach US$28.5 billion, while net inflows reached US$10.5 billion.

Climate pledge gains ground as asset managers, owners commit assets to action

Green fintechs are becoming key players in ESG investing, buoyed by digital technology, decentralization, thematic investing, and investor demand.

The winners of The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2021 for North Asia.

While the conventional wisdom is that the next financial crash will come from the collapse of the cryptocurrency bubble, climate finance may pose a more serious risk. Mounting evidence suggests that green lending is displaying all the pathologies associated with financial manias

Assets under management in ESG ETFs domiciled in Asia-Pacific soared by 167.7% in 2019 and 108.5% in 2020. By the end of June 2021, AUM grew further, by 33.2%. Australia, China, and Taiwan together accounted for 86.8% of total ESG ETF assets in the region in 2020.

Regulations, image, investors, exchanges, COP26, SLBs conspire to tip balance to green