In the second of a three part series on ESG investing in Apac, Jihye Hwang takes a look into what needs to be done to raise awareness among individual investors for integrating ESG factors in Apac’s investment portfolios.
The performance of the ESG structured note launched by DBS in late 2018 was an eye-opener for the Singapore bank. The note raised 10 times of what the bank raised from two previous ESG thematic funds. The key to discovering this investor appetite was simple, according to Marc Lansonneur ( below ), head of managed solutions, balance sheet products and investment governance at DBS Private Bank, who is also a member of DBS Sustainability Council. “We were talking about stocks in the M
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