Asia Asset Management reported on September 25, 2017 about a JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) “survey of about 100 institutional investors, including central banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds, in 13 countries across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
The JPMAM survey found that 84% of respondents believe ‘environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria could go hand in hand with producing alpha,’ while 48% said ‘they could be connected depending on the investment,’ the company says in a statement on November 15. Also, according to the survey, 78% of respondents ‘are already incorporating sustainable investing considerations into their investment decision today or are planning to do so in the future.’”
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