Blended finance and sustainability: AIA Singapore seeks more certainty

Life insurance companies would need to be assured of supply and risk-return assumptions before entering into sustainable projects with blended finance structures, according to AIA Singapore. Traditional investment metrics on return, underlying risks, and the capital charges of a project could be less efficient over the long term for innovative finance structures such as blended finance, which could trigger doubts over the return prospects, said Liu Chunyen, chief investment office…