Virus Spurs Emerging Market Investors to Seek Returns in ESG
- With reliable data scarce, some funds rely on own research
- Pandemic, mobile tech creating impetus for gains in ESG
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Emerging-market investors may have identified the assets that offer sustainable post-pandemic returns. Now they just need to find more of it.
The worst crisis since World War II is prompting some fund managers to rethink their strategies in a world with $13.7 trillion of sub-zero yielding debt and an increasing view that a V-shaped recovery is unlikely. Seeking opportunities in ESG, investments in countries and companies that are improving environmental, social and governance standards, are becoming crucial more than ever as investors navigate the pandemic-stoked market volatility.