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Manulife and Sun Life draw 87% of Hong Kong’s MPF net inflow

April 20, 2021

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Singapore’s GIC, Hong Kong’s ESR buy Australia logistics assets for A$3.8 billion

April 20, 2021
Market Access: ESR says it will become the third largest logistics landlord in Australia after the deal

Indonesia haj pilgrimage fund BPKH to invest in Saudi Arabia this year, report says

April 20, 2021
Investments: BPKH Head Anggito Abimanyu says the fund is working with Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank to identify projects

Nippon Life India, Taiwan’s Cathay Securities explore cross-distribution

April 19, 2021
Market Access: Cathay Securities says the partnership will give Indian investors access to Taiwan’s technology sector

PE Panorama: Private equity’s oil amnesia

April 19, 2021
Private Equity: Most of the US oil producers financed by private equity are said to be unsaleable now
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APRIL 2021 VOL.26 NO.4

Flawed is better than none

In an ideal world, ESG and sustainable reporting standards and compliance would be decided internationally by a globally sanctioned committee of the great and the good, and implemented with little fuss or dispute. Does that bear any resemblance to any real world anyone is living in these days? Not to mine

Integrating climate risk

Climate change threatens to remake the world, transforming our economies and our financial markets. Governments and policymakers are likely to play the biggest role in combating climate change, with trillions of dollars of spending on green infrastructure projects and subsidies for green transportation and energy

Pension woes worsen

Malaysia has long grappled with trying to ensure its citizens have adequate retirement savings. The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and the closing of borders put in place to stem the spread has led to business closures and job losses that has only worsened the problem

One rule to rule them all?

The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) which came into force on March 10 is a major development, but the jury is still out on how far it constitutes guidelines or actual rules to be applied and followed, and what the timeline is on real implementation

A long way to go

Fund distribution in Asia Pacific has always been highly fragmented. When the idea of a regional fund passport was first mooted over ten years ago, the possibility of creating a product in one jurisdiction and exporting it to multiple countries through passporting arrangements without setting up a local shop quickly caught the imagination of fund managers and regulators

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