Are Asia’s Pension Funds Ready For Climate Change?
CWR, Manulife Asset Management and Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) co-author a brief on imminent threats to asset owners’ portfolios from climate and water risks.
Climate change is multiplying risks for investors in Asia as we head for a 3°C world, with serious, severe impacts on water resources. Investment portfolios of Asian asset owners are uniquely exposed due to their high domestic investment concentration, putting the continent’s savings at risk.
Investors in Asian assets may not be fully aware of such interlinked risks. To better navigate the new risk landscape, the report identifies five key water and climate risks to illustrate how the portfolios of Asian asset owners might be affected.
Get on top of this new risk landscape now.
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“Asian asset owners are uniquely exposed to climate and water risks as a large share of their investment portfolios tend to be concentrated in their domestic markets, which will bear the brunt of global climate change losses.”
Emily Chew
Global Head of ESG Research & Integration at Manulife Asset Management
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