Support by the world’s leading investment managers on ESG votes tabled by APAC shareholders is waning, which is piling pressure on other institutional investors to take the lead.
Hugo Cox
Despite falling flows across the Asia Pacific region, institutional investor allocations to Australia's real estate market have increased by $1.16 billion in Q2 year-on-year, to $6 billion.
Following the sector's record first-quarter flows, flows fell 39% year-on-year in the second quarter, according to the latest data.
Allocations into Korean offices have surged this year, even as investors continue to avoid the sector across APAC, a recent report noted.
Inaccurate perceptions of how development finance entities work could be shutting institutional investors out of important co-investment opportunities.
Institutional investors and venture capital managers don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to the most effective ways to fund emissions reductions in Asia.
Leading development finance institutions are investing in bank and non-bank lenders across emerging markets in Asia, with prominent allocations in India and Nepal.
Australia's office sector is expected to lead the regional rebound in cross-border flows, a new report predicts.
Climate Investment Fund, the state-backed development fund focussed on climate related investment, will invest up to $653 million in Asia over the next three years.
The fund is set to increase its climate investments disproportionately in Asia in the coming years, according to CEO Nick O'Donohoe.
About 24% of Norfund's portfolio is invested in Asia across financial services, funds and renewable energy.
Many institutional investors are unfamiliar with the specific hazards of markets that are early in their development cycle, according to experts.
