1. NEW ASrIA SRI FUND PORTAL LISTS 186 SRI FUNDS IN ASIAN MARKETS
The Association of Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
is publishing today the ASrIA SRI Fund Portal, which provides a
comprehensive listing of SRI funds available for investors in Asia. The
portal provides an easy to use format, which lists funds on a country by
country basis. It also provides a single page overview of all known funds
indicating their SRI related investment policies. The portal also lists a
number of SRI related private equity funds, hedge funds, and Syariah Fund.
Altogether, the SRI portal has identified 186 SRI funds in the region,
excluding faith based funds. Including Syariah Funds the portal lists 264
funds.
http://www.asria.org/portal/SRI_Fund
2. ASrIA WEBSITE UPDATED
ASrIA has updated the ASrIA website to provide a clearer design and easier navigation. In particular note changes to the navigation bar along the top, the addition of the ASrIA portal section (http://www.asria.org/portal), and the updated news (http://www.asria.org/news) and events section (http://www.asria.org/news/conference).
3.
NEW ASrIA SEARCH ENGINE PROVIDES POWERFUL ACCESS TO SRI AND CSR INFORMATION
ASrIA has designed and launched it's own powerful search engine, based on the google platform, which significantly speeds up and improves searches of the ASrIA website as well as the global web on SRI, CSR and related issues. ASrIA will continually update the keywords based on tracking the most popular searches on the engine
http://www.asria.org/search
