HSBC AM head of responsible investing: 'Who cares if Miami is six metres under water in 100 years?'

James Baxter-Derrington
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Stuart Kirk , global head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management
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Stuart Kirk , global head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management

Top executive bemoans that there is always 'some nutjob telling me about the end of the world', but the bank insists his views 'do not reflect the views of HSBC Asset Management nor HSBC Group in any way'

HSBC Asset Management's global head of responsible investing, Stuart Kirk, has questioned the risk climate change presents for financial markets, arguing it is not an issue with which investors should...

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