Money managers and analysts are scrambling to be ahead of the game of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, and Asia Pacific (Apac) is no exception. In the first of SRP’s three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look at how far the sustainability agenda has moved forward since the first structured products was made available in the region.
The recent arrest of Nissan’s chairman Carlos Ghosn over allegations of financial misconduct in November left the Japanese market in shock with the car manufacturer’s share price dropping to the lowest level in more than two years. While some traders expected limited downside on the automaker’s share price, the stock continued its fall. The governance issue at Nissan, however, is just the latest in a series of high-profile corporate scandals that Japan had to deal with in rece
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