Active or passive, ESG investors should always box clever, say experts

The emergence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, and the principles it entails, has increased the demand on investors to adopt a more active investment strategy, say leading experts. Where once maximising financial return was the only investment mantra, the situation today calls for responsible and impact investing to be set as targets alongside profits, a senior executive of a Malaysia-based asset owner institution told AsianInvestor. However, other leadin…