The risks of ESG’s rapid advance in Asia

Talk to any fund house of note today, and one of the first things they raise in conversation is their commitment to ESG. Environmental, social and governance-friendly investments are fast becoming go-to product solutions. This in large part down to marketing – it’s good business to be a caring asset manager that can also offer good returns, instead of just the latter. The emphasis is also a recognition of the way the wind is blowing. Governments and regulators across the world a…