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Sustainability
SGFC co-director hopes new sustainable finance courses can deter ‘competence-washing’
“The government actually tells you: ‘Okay, if you want to claim you’re an expert, you need to take these courses.’”
July 11, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance
Hong Kong market second-largest contributor to OCBC’s sustainable loan commitments after S’pore
OCBC group CEO Helen Wong stated last May that she will not raise the bank’s sustainable finance loan commitment target further.
May 29, 2024
Investing strategies
Breathing fire into the Asian credit market in the year of the Wood Dragon
Waste not a Dragon year with its promise of good fortune and abundance
February 21, 2024
Environmental, Social and Governance
Learning from the food industry to progress sustainable investing
Comprehensibility and comparability remain the biggest challenges to getting retail investors started on sustainable investing.
February 10, 2024
Sustainability
DBS equips 1,800 of its employees with sustainability skills
Those employees have deepened their knowledge to better help corporate clients identify sustainable financing opportunities.
July 10, 2023
Sustainability
Temasek and HSBC establishes sustainable infrastructure debt financing company; commits a combined US$150 mil of equity
Pentagreen will operate independently from Temasek and HSBC. The two founding shareholders will be represented on its board.
August 30, 2022
Environmental, Social and Governance
MAS weighs sustainability expectations with coming regulation
"Things are unclear... But we can’t wait for everything to be settled before starting anything."
September 08, 2021
1000th issue
Bond market's summer musings
The climate in the region’s bond markets over the past eight weeks has been anything but idyllic.
September 02, 2021
1000th issue
ESG: Doing good, and we’ve been doing it a while
We go way back and take a look at the evolution of ESG, the sector that is transforming the financial industry from within.
September 02, 2021
Environmental, Social and Governance
London Stock Exchange Group sets up sustainable finance innovation unit in Singapore
The unit, supported by MAS, will focus on creating sustainable finance capabilities.
September 01, 2021