ASEAN ESG investing / Indonesia influencer appointment / Beneficial ownership and development

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High-level Virtual Panel: “The Future of ESG Investing in ASEAN” | ASEAN Business Investment Summit 2020.  How much impact is ESG investing currently having in ASEAN? And what more needs to be done to speed up and scale up the impact? Join the discussion on Friday, 13th November 2020 at 10:35-12:15 Indochina Time to learn more from distinguished speakers from leading investment companies including Aberdeen Standard (Singapore), Sintesa Group (Indonesia), Premier Group (Thailand) and Patamar Capital (Viet Nam).

Register here:https://abis2020.vn/en/register.asp

 

Another social media supporter in Jokowi’s campaign named state enterprise commissioner.  “The [Indonesian] government has named social media influencer Kristia Budiyarto an independent commissioner for state-owned ferry operator PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni), marking yet another avid supporter of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo being appointed to a position in a state-owned enterprise (SOE).”

Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/11/03/another-social-media-supporter-in-jokowis-campaign-named-state-enterprise-commissioner.html    

 

Hiding in plain sight: Ending the corrupt abuse of anonymous corporate structures is a development imperative (Blog).  “The development imperative of stemming the abuse of corporate structures to hide dirty money is clear: a lack of transparency of beneficial owners of corporate structures contributes to global economic inequalities and enables the theft of valuable public resources from developing countries.”

Alexandra Habershon and Solvej Krause/World Bank: https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/hiding-plain-sight-ending-corrupt-abuse-anonymous-corporate-structures-development  

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