What inspect can publish card to be announced about ESG fund is new how-to

On June 29, 2021

Negotiable securities and control commission of futures general affairs (card inspect is met) give out to open case today (stock English edition) , the administrative company that believes Yin and mutually beneficial fund with can approbating an unit to card inspect is offerred how-to, clarify how to reach environment, society rule (Environmental, social And Governance, abbreviation ESG) the element brings into the fund to basically invest a key (ESG fund) (note 1) strengthen exposure.

This case will replace the edition that issued 2019 (note 2) , and in the center joined a new regulation, with asking how ESG fund thinks to its ESG element undertakes be assessmented regularly reaching making exposure at this point, it is the ESG fund that with climate relevant element attachs most importance to a dot to offer at the same time additional and how-to.

Since 2019, the acknowledge that the public invests to ESG already was deepened somewhat, and already also rose to the ESG fund amount of public put on sale in Hong Kong more than one times. The development that invests strategy in view of ESG is rapid and diversity, card inspect can manage a company to need is clear about exposure fund to asset alertly is how to be amounted to cause its ESG stress, understand these products and the investment need that evaluate related goods to whether accord with them in order to help investor.

Card inspect meets CEO Mr Oudali (Mr Ashley Alder) express: "Rise but the diaphaneity of durative relevant exposure, comparable spend and spend consistently, choose conduce investor appropriate ESG fund, and decrease bleach green opportunity. This harbor the ground that money market is global capital and outback enterprise join, because the measure of this this locality can is opposite,the whole world is reached in green can last the progress of financial side produces greatest effect. Because the measure of this this locality can is opposite,the whole world is reached in green can last the progress of financial side produces greatest effect..

The data-base that card inspect can approve ESG fund carries meet at card inspect website. To strengthen diaphaneity, the main characteristic of these fund also is opening case newly on January 1, 2022 after become effective, list within data-base.

Card inspect is met will close and advertent market grows, may offer with respect to ESG fund in appropriate time farther how-to or bring to bear on additional provision.

Be over

Remarks:

1. Current, about 60 card inspect can approbate fund to may develop continuously with climate change, environmental protection, ESG to invest a key.
2. In April 2019, card inspect can give out " a runs a company letter that sends card inspect to be able to approbate an unit to believe Yin and mutually beneficial fund -- green fund or environment, society and rule fund " (stock English edition) , what raise ESG fund to strengthen the exposure mark of ESG fund to reach is comparable degree, diaphaneity and desirable see degree stepped the first pace.
   
   

Newer finally date on June 29, 2021

(Turn from inspect of Hong Kong card message of meeting government website)