In climate finance, public guarantees can mitigate investment risks, but they cannot turn a flawed project into an investment that can generate sustainable returns, warns Moody's Ratings.
State-owned investors in India, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand are ramping up allocations towards domestic strategic assets, digital infrastructure, deep tech, and ESG initiatives.
Institutions in Apac are stepping up capital commitments to transition efforts as climate and energy security concerns intensify, according to a new survey.
Institutional investors increased their sustainable allocations across global portfolios while adoption rates in Apac remained consistently high, according to a new FTSE Russell survey.
Germany's nuclear waste-focused fund is steadily increasing its exposure to Asia, but its ultra-long investment horizon brings its own set of challenges.
Facing volatility and complex global regulations, investors are adapting their strategies through international diversification, private credit investments and next-gen priorities like ESG.
The firm outlines a layered risk framework designed to withstand threats from a US debt or fiscal crisis, a potential US‑China clash over Taiwan and severe climate‑related shocks.
As regulators tighten standards and LPs demand clearer attribution, the sovereign-backed manager is embedding ESG controls into its legal frameworks, governance processes and portfolio-wide data systems.
The CIO of India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund says ESG is becoming more relevant to underwriting and exits, even as the industry struggles to prove which interventions create measurable value.