A newly announced plan by UK pension funds to make allocations to global private equity markets could see funds allocated to Asia directly or indirectly, experts told AsianInvestor.
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The only sector to register investor inflows in Q2 could be signalling a turnaround in Asia’s beleaguered property market.
The Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor supports the creation of detailed roadmaps for investors to achieve long-term emissions targets.
Rating providers have defended their efforts to collect meaningful ESG information in the face of criticism by asset owners.
Recent bank failures have shifted the risk-reward profile of real estate debt, as investors in Asia pile in.
The Dutch pension fund is working with investment managers to make the social impact of property investing more quantifiable on a per fund basis even as poor measurement remains a challenge for the sector.
Allocations jumped nearly a third last year, bucking the falling trend in the sector by institutional investors in the region and beyond.
Most Asian investors still have a poor grasp of the ESG credentials of the supply chain connected to a property or infrastructure investment.
Norges Bank Investment Management and PGGM Investments say while green leases are highly useful in improving data and cutting property emissions, regulation is vital to improve the pace of growth.
The rise of ESG investment, accelerated by Covid, has fuelled strong interest – and more funds – in green power. But asset owners need to acquaint themselves better with the sector.
Asset owners in Asia Pacific are also more likely than those in Europe and North America to change their strategic allocations this year, finds a new study by Bfinance.
Meanwhile, interest in global and emerging market equity strategies fell in the first quarter, according to new research from investment consultancy Bfinance.
