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

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.

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

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

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

More Gen Z, millennials willing to spend on, invest in sustainability

Sustainability issues, particularly social and environmental issues, are clear priorities that will be increasingly woven into long-term investment strategies and performance targets for global real estate investors in 2022, two separate surveys of asset managers find.

Fund’s fresh capital infusion aims to enable firm to build out energy savings solutions for businesses