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ESG in Fixed Income Asia 2022: Highlights

Environmental Finance's in-person ESG in Fixed Income Asia 2022 conference in Singapore recently highlighted the crucial environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics relevant to the fixed income markets in the region...

GFANZ Asia group to launch coal 'phase out' guidance

COP27: Regulators march on ... and on

Are regulators suffering mission creep at COP27, asks Peter Cripps

COP27: NGFS launches blended climate finance initiative

The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has launched a blended finance initiative at the UN COP27 climate summit,...

Singapore considers ground-breaking foreign currency green bond

Singapore will consider issuing its first ever foreign currency sovereign bond in green bond format amid interest from investors, but only after building out its Singaporean dollar green bond curve.

AI data providers 'not there yet' for sustainable bond data solutions

The technology behind artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) is not currently capable of providing investors with the tools they need to "meaningfully and quickly" extract data...

SGX developing sustainable bond listing initiative

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has exclusively announced at an Environmental Finance event that it plans to launch a sustainable bond initiative to provide "added assurance" for investors around reporting and greater visibility for issuers.

MAS launches ESG impact 'hub'

Asian banks encouraged to include nature-related risks

Banks in Asia have been encouraged to include nature-related risks in sustainability strategies, by WWF Singapore.

Singapore issues longest-duration sovereign green bond with debut

Singapore has raised SGD2.4 billion ($1.7 billion) from its maiden green bond which is believed to be the longest tenor sovereign green bond to date, with the 50-year deal more than twice oversubscribed.