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SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS

Climate change and pandemic tweaking sovereign wealth funds' focus

New report says these funds now also have an eye on strategic, environmental, social and economic development goals alongside financial ones

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Kelly Ng

Kelly Ng

Published Mon, Jun 14, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    COVID-19 is rewriting the rules for sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state investors.

    The pandemic and the threat of climate change are leading to the wider adoption of "double bottom lines", where strategic, environmental, social and economic development goals sit alongside financial ones.

    Sovereign wealth fundsESGClimate changesustainability

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