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    Profit-Seeking ESG Investments Gain Traction in Hong Kong as Sustainability Issues Grab Attention

    2023-05-24

    SCMP: Hong Kong can leverage its vibrant ecosystem for global family offices and asset owners and become a hub for the trillion dollar impact investing industry as investors embrace the fast-growing strategy.

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    ‘Bidding War’ for ESG Talent Breaks Out Among Hong Kong Companies Needing Help on Sustainability Goals

    2023-05-03

    SCMP: A “bidding war” is breaking out among companies in Hong Kong over senior and mid-level managers who have environmental, social and governance (ESG) expertise, as firms strive to reach their climate goals and meet tightening sustainability standards, according to headhunters.

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    Singapore and Hong Kong to Become Asia’s Centres of Sustainable Finance

    2023-04-25

    ESG Clarity: Finance hubs such as Hong Kong and Singapore are taking steps to become sustainable finance centres in the Asia Pacific region, according to a latest commentary from Moody’s.

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    Asian Private Equity Managers Lack Sustainability Engagement

    2023-04-19

    Fund Selector Asia: Although many Asian private equity (PE) managers are taking significant steps to integrate ESG issues into their investment processes, only a quarter of them engage with their limited partners on sustainability issues, according to a report from Mayer Brown and Sedgwick Richardson.

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    Asian Private Equity Managers Lack Sustainability Engagement

    2023-04-17

    ESG Clarity: Although many Asian private equity (PE) managers are taking significant steps to integrate ESG issues into their investment process, only a quarter of them would engage with their limited partners on sustainability issues, according to a report from Mayer Brown and Sedgwick Richardson.

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    Investors Must Learn to Look Beyond Governance to Assess Japanese ESG

    2023-04-14

    Investment Week: Poor corporate governance is a specter that has lingered over Japan for decades, but while improvements have been made over the last decade, investors may still be overlooking ESG opportunities and risks in the market.

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    Adani Debacle Was a Wake-up Call for ESG Funds

    2023-03-27

    ESG Clarity: As Adani Group stocks tanked last month, following revelations of fraud and market manipulation at the Indian conglomerate, some investors in ESG-focused funds were surprised to find themselves exposed to losses.

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    China Mulls Mandatory ESG Disclosures for Domestic Public Firms

    2023-02-22

    BNN Bloomberg: China is planning to make ESG disclosures compulsory as part of efforts to shift to a lower-carbon economy, according to people familiar with the matter.

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    SE-Asia ESG Bond Proceeds Rose 37.4% Year-on-year in Q4 2022

    2023-01

    Business Times: PROCEEDS from South-east Asian environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds rose 37.4 per cent year-on-year to US$2.9 billion in the last three months of 2022, bucking a global decline, according to data from Refinitiv.

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    Strong ESG Issuance in Asia Defies Global Decline

    2023-01-12

    Yahoo Finance: Sustainable funding held up in Asia during a rough patch globally last year thanks to strong local demand, and bankers say a pipeline of de-carbonisation projects is likely to keep deals flowing in 2023.

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