PE firms seen facing growing ESG challenges
Private equity managers are increasingly receiving investor requests to incorporate environmental, social and governance factors in their strategies, say sources. This is creating challenges.
Responsible investing tends to be low on the agenda for private equity firms in Asia, but that seems to be gradually changing. Growing PE investor demand for transparency is being reflected in a rising number of requests for ESG-type factors to be incorporated in investment strategies.
ESG trends are more prominent than they were 10 years ago, as a younger generation of GPs is more aware of these issues, said Kyle Shaw, managing director of Shaw Kwei & Partners, a Hong Kong-ba…
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