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Tokyo can become a more competitive global financial centre, some observers say

April 16, 2021
Investments: Tokyo lags behind global asset management centres such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai

Deutsche Boerse unit Qontigo to launch ESG analytics tool by year-end

April 15, 2021
Technology: Qontigo also plans to launch China-focused indices under the STOXX brand soon

Singapore’s Aviva Singlife appoints Kim Rosenkilde as CIO

April 15, 2021
Going Places: Rosenkilde reports to Walter de Oude, Aviva Singlife’s deputy chairman and interim group chief executive officer
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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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