Institutional investors want to integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their portfolios and find the lack of acceptable policy frameworks and supporting data as the primary roadblocks
MOREBANGKOK -- As the Thai market matures and attracts more overseas money, companies are being held to higher standards of corporate governance, owing to the close scrutiny of asset quality by long-term international investors.
MOREThe auditing standards board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is working to modernize standards governing nonfinancial information to include cybersecurity and environmental, social and corporate governance issues.
MORERisk mitigation will be a major topic for Asian fixed income investors in the coming year as they brace for a possible recession, a recent survey of 255 Astute Investors shows. In the survey, conducted by Asset Benchmark Research, 60% of respondents expect governance to be of increasing importance as credit selectivity becomes more paramount.
MORECorporations should assess board gender diversity and evaluate and disclose climate change risk, results of Institutional Shareholder Services' 2019 Global Benchmark Policy Survey showed.
MOREResearch from EY focused on understanding the key priorities of the top 30 UK asset owners and managers when investing in companies.
MOREEnvironmental, social and governance issues were at the heart of proxy votes and proxy statements this year; yet more evidence that boards need to be focused on ESG oversight.
MOREThe trend throughout Asia is for companies to embrace ESG reporting. Goldman Sachs’ Sharmini Chetwode tells Andrew Holt how companies are increasing their ESG disclosures
MOREAs ESG initiatives and decision-useful reporting continue to gain importance, many C-suite and boards of directors are truly starting to pay attention.
MOREFinancial regulators worldwide are increasingly focusing on climate change risks and disclosure reporting in finance, with the trend expected to grow in the future, according to leading players in this sector.
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