Why Asian insurers look set to slowly embrace ESG

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Hans Poulsen

Jul 3, 2019

A mixture of carrot and stick factors look likely to encourage Asian insurers to increase their use of environmental, social and governance considerations when investing.

Asian insurers are increasingly focusing on environmental, social and governance ESG factors in investments, courtesy of a mixture of carrot and stick factors that has already encouraged their...

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