Underlying Fundamentals of Responsible Investment

Policy on Responsible Investment

Based on the above, the Company’s policy on Responsible Investment would implement the following:

• Measures to enhance knowledge on investee companies. This not only concentrates on the aspects of business and finance, but also non-financial information such as companies’ ESG practices, strategies and management philosophies.
• Measures to encourage proactive purposeful dialogues (i.e. engagements) with investee companies. This would act as a medium to address corporate governance and sustainability considerations such as ESG and to monitor investee companies’ progress on such matters. Engagement practices with investee companies may vary depending on such companies’ business environment and circumstances.
• Measures to encourage exercises of proxy voting in line with clients’ best interests and in favour of enhancing corporate value and sustainable growth in the investee companies’ management.
• Measures to achieve efficient management of possible or actual conflict of interest situations through exercise of due care and caution, guided by established policies and standards as well as in conformity to applicable laws.

Responsible Investment Practices – Going Forward

Going forward and as an attestation of the Company’s commitment to Responsible Investment:

• The Company’s policy on Responsible Investment would be published for public references.
• The Company strives to continually assess its Responsible Investment policy and practices from time to time.
• Periodic reports on the Company’s practices of Responsible Investment would be published as a measure to gauge the Company’s on-going progress to achieve its objectives and ideals as a Responsible Investor.