Sustainable manager: Like a slow-boiled frog, your portfolio muscles will seize up

"Climate change is not a fat tail risk that will suddenly hit your portfolio. It's a slow insidious risk sneaking up on you. Once you realize it, it's too late." Ian Simm from Impax Asset Management gives his views on tackling climate change.
Like a frog in a pan of water. This one was smart enough to get out in time. | Photo: Photo © 2010 J. Ronald Lee. http://jronaldlee.com/
Like a frog in a pan of water. This one was smart enough to get out in time. | Photo: Photo © 2010 J. Ronald Lee. http://jronaldlee.com/

Ian Simm, founder and CEO of Impax Asset Management paints a vivid picture of what may happen to asset managers who ignore the risk of climate change in their portfolios.

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