Fund houses to struggle with new HK ESG disclosure rules
As the city closes in on mandatory reporting of ESG, smaller fund managers and asset owners will need to find ways to cover a whole new world of reporting and transparency.
Hong Kong’s move towards forcing companies and investors to make mandatory environmental disclosures in 2025 is likely to leave fund managers struggling to comply over the short- to medium-term, due to choppy levels of industry expertise in quantifying climate-related risks, say analysts.
Industry experts also say that ESG disclosure could be difficult to gain from portfolio companies that are generally not used to such high levels of transparency.
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