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NEWSLETTER | 27 Aug 2020

HSBC sets sights on ‘natural capital’ in new asset management JV with climate advisory Pollination

HSBC Global Asset Management is making its first foray into ‘natural capital’, with plans to launch a new asset management firm dedicated investing in natural assets in partnership with specialist climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination.

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Nine out of 10 bankers believe that sustainability will become more important to private investors over the next five years. Around 65 per cent believe that we will already see this in the next 12 months.

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Companies raised USD31.38 billion through IPOs in June, which is almost triple (294.1 per cent) the total for May 2020, according to the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Proposed changes to the SEC's Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower reward programme will undermine vital whistleblower protections, and place investors at significant risk of being harmed by increased fraud, according to whistleblower rights law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto.

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Voting is now underway for the ETF Express US Awards 2020, which will be unveiled and celebrated at an exclusive virtual ceremony and industry networking event to be held on 24 September.

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White paper: Private Debt allocations increasing but growing complexity requires savvy investors

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

The latest CEPRES white paper explores trend developments in Private Debt, based on an analysis of deal level transactional data from the CEPRES Platform, encompassing 12,800 Private Debt deals and over 234,000 cash flow transactions, as well as over 800 Private Debt focused funds, from the millennium through to recent years.

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TDCC launches new ESG dashboard

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC), the central securities depository of Taiwan, has launched a new solution, the Taiwan ESG Dashboard, to help issuers and investors access ESG ratings of Taiwanese companies.

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Rapid advancements in precision medicine like DNA sequencing have the potential to be as transformative as the discovery of penicillin, giving long-term investors the opportunity to tap into a powerful multi-decade trend likely to deliver outsized returns, according to Kames Capital’s Andrei Kiselev.

Thu | 27 Aug 2020, 12:02

Brookfield Asset Management has appointed former Bank of England and Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as a Vice Chair and Head of ESG and Impact Fund Investing.