Investors need to start demanding that governments act with more fiscal discipline as ballooning debts on sovereign balance sheets around the world approach a breaking point, MFS Investments, one of the world’s oldest asset managers, said at FIS Singapore.
The ‘moral bankruptcy’ of our financial system does not reflect the values of the people whose money is invested rather, it is the result of financial intermediaries insufficiently reflecting the will of people. The UN's Mathieu Verougstraete and Sander Glas argue we must adopt a people-centered approach to sustainable finance.
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Fiduciary Investors Symposium 2026, Singapore