Investors are broadening clean energy commitments as digital growth, energy security, and yield pressures reshape allocations, with new allocator channels demanding both impact and financial returns.
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New MSCI research shows heavy industries face costly decarbonisation pathways while firms in solar, EVs and storage stand to benefit if policy and capital align.
For investors at COP30, credibility is the new currency: transition plans have shifted from voluntary reporting to non-negotiable inputs that dictate capital flow.
By establishing a dedicated Climate Investment Team and launching Dana Iklim, Malaysia’s largest public sector pension fund is making climate risk central to its mandate.
Prudential seeks to balance fiduciary duty with climate goals—ensuring that sustainability strategies reflect regional realities rather than one-size-fits-all standards.
Australian superannuation funds are strengthening Net Zero engagement policies as new research reveals the big four banks have provided A$43.4 billion to major fossil fuel companies since the Paris Agreement.
The MSCI-Swiss Re analysis comes as COP30, the UN's annual climate change conference, gets underway in Brazil.
The Queensland fund's move to near-total ownership of wind platform Tilt Renewables alongside new solar partnerships demonstrates Australia's growing appeal as a stable destination for Asian institutional investors seeking renewable energy exposure.
The insurer, which identified significant potential in the region's less mature but rapidly developing market, is constructing a local portfolio tailored to its balance sheet needs.
In the latest edition of AsianInvestor's op-ed series, a veteran venture capitalist writes that producing abundant, reliable and sustainable energy is the defining challenge of our time.
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As impact investing goes from niche to mainstream, the region's family offices are positioned as ideal engines to power this transition and tackle the negative image trap holding back innovation thanks to their patient capital and local expertise.
The Hong Kong-based firm structures its impact portfolio with two-thirds in traditional private equity-style investments and the remainder in subsidised, high-risk assets designed to build out strategic ecosystems.
