Taiwan’s financial regulator will soon introduce new rules to prevent greenwashing of environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds.
Fund managers will have to comply with a set of disclosure guidelines for launching new ESG funds, says Chen-Shan Chang, director general of the Financial Supervisory Commission’s (FSC) securities and futures bureau.
The new rules “are to prevent public misconception that ESG funds and greenwashing are the same thing”, he says in a statement on April 14.
Greenwashing refers to the practice of making exaggerated and unsubstantiated claims about how environmentally friendly a fund is to lure investors.
The FSC will announce details of the new rules in July. Chang says the regulator may follow Hong Kong’s ESG disclosure initiative.
Nippon Life India AMC rises 2% after company signs deal to explore Taiwan market
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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 02:24 PM IST
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Cathay SITE and Nippon will work exclusively with each other and use their expertise to explore areas for developing, managing, marketing and distributing each other’s investment products
NAM India runs the Nippon Mutual Fund.
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NEW DELHI: Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd (NAM India) shares rose after the company signed a deal with Cathay SITE (Securities Investment Trust), the largest asset manager in Taiwan, for exclusive strategic collaboration.
As a part of the deal, both Cathay SITE and Nippon will work exclusively with each other and use their expertise to explore areas for developing, managing, marketing and distributing each other’s investment products in India and Taiwan.
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As a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and with a track record of embedding ESG analysis into its investment processes, PineBridge is well placed to offer ESG investment products. In January 2020, PineBridge launched the first Global ESG Quant Bond Fund in Taiwan. The fund was recognised in the 2021
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(CNA photo) Shares in Taiwan plunged 1.88 percent to close below 16,000 points on Thursday following an overnight dive in the tech-heavy Nasdaq index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index in the United States. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index (TAIEX) fell 305.32 points, breaching the 16,000 barrier to close at 15,906.41, below the monthly moving average of 15,951. Turnover totaled NT$327.68 billion (US$11.77 billion) during the trading session. Contract chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) led the main board, moving lower throughout the session after their American depositary receipts (ADRs) dropped 2.47 percent and 3.72 percent, respectively, in the U.S. overnight. TSMC, the most heavily weighted stock on the local market, fell 3.38 percent to close at NT$601.00, while UMC dropped 5.49 percent to end at NT$49.05.