Family offices taking ESG into their own hands as regulators play catch up

Asia Pacific regulators might be ramping up mandatory disclosures, but forward-thinking family offices, it seems, are already two steps ahead of them. With a lack of standards persisting in Asia, family offices are paving their own way towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, say experts, even as governments are rolling out consultation papers for climate-risk disclosures. In August, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released consultation…