ASIA’S major banks are seeing a widening gap between ESG leaders and laggards, as regulators in the region ramp up scrutiny of sustainable finance, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report.
BLACKROCK plans to dismiss about 500 employees, roughly 2.5 per cent of its global workforce after the world’s biggest asset manager grappled with sharp declines last year in equity and bond markets.
When research shows safety devices can implicitly encourage workers to take more risk, employers need to do more to prevent workplace injury, say these academics.
