Debates over ESG have long been a fixture of the investment landscape — and recent survey results appear to show divisions on implementation, despite broad agreement on investment strategies.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) standardisations are not likely to happen any time soon, but institutional investors are developing their own methods of verification.
A start-up platform that rates fund selectors is seeking more Asia participation, but that could be a tough slog given the low penetration of funds in the region, according to experts.
In the the first of two articles on the newly liberalised Chinese interbank bond market, AsianInvestor finds fund managers keen to tap mainland corporate debt but wary of the risks.