The ESG issues constraining interest in Chinese bonds
The mounting appeal of China's local bond market is being counterbalanced by its lack of quality research and paucity of good information about companies' ESG track records.
While international investors are increasingly excited by green bond issuance from China, uncertainties still abound. Key among them? A lack of clarity over ESG deployment.
Some large pension funds remain wary over how rigorous and standardised China’s borrowers and regulators are when it comes to environmental, social and governance criteria in their green bond products.
Gregory Suen, head of China fixed income at APG, told AsianInvestor that the Dutch pension fund mana…
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