ESG / SUSTAINABILITY

ESG / Sustainability

Group of Five Releases Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Prototype

By ESG Investor | 21/12/2020

The proposed standard for sustainability-related financial disclosures builds on TCFD pillars and supports the IFRS consultation on non-financial reporting.

Enforcement

Taiwan Addresses Bank Misconduct With Higher Penalties: Fitch

By Editors | 17/12/2020

Banks are expected to work to strengthen their risk controls, particularly around wealth management to avoid penalties and preserve their corporate governance rankings.

ESG / Sustainability

Hong Kong Launches Strategic Plan for Greener Financial Ecosystem

By Manesh Samtani | 17/12/2020

A cross-agency steering group has announced a green and sustainable finance strategy for Hong Kong and five key action points.

ESG / Sustainability

New Alliance Lays Out Recommendations to Tackle ESG Data Gaps

By ESG Investor | 17/12/2020

The Future of Sustainable Data Alliance will prepare a report to develop a detailed overview of the steps needed to address challenges in the ESG data space.

ESG / Sustainability

CDSB and GRI Back IFRS on Sustainability Reporting

By ESG Investor | 17/12/2020

The independent sustainability standards organisations call for increased cohesion between sustainability and financial reporting.

Securities / Derivatives

SGX Launches New Sustainability Platform, Plans New ESG Products

By Manesh Samtani | 16/12/2020

SGX is bringing third-party ESG ratings to Singapore listed companies and will introduce new ESG-focused investment and risk management products.

Press Release

Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2020 – Results Announcement

By Editors | 15/12/2020

Regulation Asia held its third annual Awards ceremony on 15 December 2020 to recognise those in the industry that have helped address changing regulatory requirements in Asia Pacific over the past year.

Press Release

SGX Wins Exchange of the Year in Regulation Asia Awards

By Editors | 15/12/2020

SGX has this year been boosting awareness of ESG and sustainability issues, deploying innovative solutions to combat market abuse, and helping firms to mitigate Covid-19 disruptions.

Press Release

ICE Data Services Wins Best Solution in Reference Data Management

By Editors | 15/12/2020

ICE Data Services provides reference data covering over 33 million financial instruments across over 210 markets, in addition to corporate actions, business entity and exchange traded derivatives reference data.