Asian GPs improving on ESG awareness - AVCJ Forum
The impetus for environment, social and governance (ESG) issues achieving greater prominence in PE comes from Europe, but Asian GPs are not necessarily so far behind their counterparts in developed markets.
"Europe does best on our scoring system, but Asia does well compared to the US," Doug Coulter, a partner at LGT Capital Partners, told the AVCJ ESG Forum. LGT awards its managers a grade of one through...
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