Singapore’s ‘voracious’ GIC tops list of most active state-linked investors, ahead of China and Japan Dewey Sim in Singapore Singapore‘s GIC was said to be more aggressive than other state-linked funds in its hunt for long-term yield, with a heavy focus on tech and innovation. Photo: AFP
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC emerged as the most active state-owned investor in the world last year, outranking larger state funds from China, Norway and Japan, as other investors downshifted amid the volatility brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a report by independent data and analysis platform Global SWF comparing the activities of 438 state-owned investors, GIC, the 10th-largest state fund worldwide, deployed US$17.7 billion into 65 deals - down slightly from US$24 billion in 2019.
Asiaâs asset owners show mixed progress on gender parity
Institutions in Australia and Japan are making good progress on achieving targets for gender parity, but there is still work to do in the region, including in Hong Kong.
With the lack of gender diversity in the workplace seen as a financial risk, some asset owners in Asia Pacific have made great strides in the push for gender parity. However, others have regressed, and Hong Kong is one of them.
Asset owners across the region have made an effort to improve gender representation for varying reasons, including to attract talent, to satisfy customers or simply because they believe it is the right thing to do.
4. Global Environmental, Social and Governance Market: An Analysis
4.1 Market Size, By Value (AUM), Year 2015-2025
4.2 Market Growth Rate, Year 2015-2025
5. Global Environmental, Social and Governance Market Segmentation By Investor (By Value, AUM)
5.1 Competitive Scenario of Global Environmental, Social and Governance Market: By Investor
5.2 Retail - Market Size and Forecast (2020-2025)
5.3 Institutional - Market Size and Forecast (2020-2025)
6. Global Environmental, Social and Governance Market Segmentation By Fund (By Value, AUM)
6.1 Competitive Scenario of Global Environmental, Social and Governance: By Fund
6.2 Public Equity - Market Size and Forecast (2020-2025)
6.3 Fixed Income - Market Size and Forecast (2020-2025)
6.4 Real Estate - Market Size and Forecast (2020-2025)
ESG reporting will be key role for custodians The role of custodians in the ESG space will be focused on reporting data to clients.
November 3, 2016 8:35 AM GMT Custodians will take on a key reporting role in the emergence of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors within the industry according to an expert.
Speaking to Global Custodian, Trevor Allen, product sales specialist at BNP Paribas Securities Services spoke of how custodians would take up the role of a ‘big data aggregator’ in order to inform clients of relevant ESG developments
“In the ESG instance the custodian is a big data aggregator so if you look at the asset manager as the brains of the investment process, the custodian is very much the central nervous system so it will be collecting all the data and feeding it back to the asset manager,” said Allen.