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China must reconfigure its industries and supply chains to meet the challenges posed by rising geopolitical tensions and rapid population aging. Private markets – including private equity and venture capital funds – can and must play a crucial role in this effort
3 Jun 2023
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to grant Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, a licence to operate. Gulf Binance, a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Energy Development, has received the licence from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand. The company says it aims to launch operations of the new platform by the fourth quarter of 2023.
2 Jun 2023
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR) on May 31 raised close to US$6 billion in its biggest offering of multi-currency, multi-tranche green bonds. The latest issuances under its green bond programme exceeded the US$5.75 billion equivalent that it raised in January this year – also in multi-currencies and multi-tranches – in what was then described as the largest ESG bond offering in Asia.
2 Jun 2023
The US Federal Reserve is adrift, and it has only itself to blame. Regardless of whether its policy-setting committee announces another interest rate hike in June, its top priority now should be to address the structural weaknesses that led it astray in the first place
2 Jun 2023
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been increasing focus on improving healthcare systems as well as their accessibility. The widespread use of smartphones, along with expanding connectivity networks, has catalyzed the development of digital healthcare in Asia.
2 Jun 2023
Leaving aside the political theatrics, intrigue and brinkmanship that nowadays accompany every increase in the US debt ceiling, can anything be done to stop – or even slow – the growth in borrowing? The answer may lie in Switzerland
1 Jun 2023
Creditor nations need to act quickly to avoid economic and social impacts, humanitarian consequences
31 May 2023
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) on May 30 announced the successful completion of its first issuance of infrastructure loan-backed securities under its pilot scheme on infrastructure financing securitization. This is executed through a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Bauhinia ILBS 1 Limited (Bauhinia 1). As a policy measure in the 2022-23 Budget, the issuance of Bauhinia 1 marks an important step taken by the HKMC towards developing an infrastructure financing securitization platform in Hong Kong.
31 May 2023
Singapore sovereign lost 0.09% of net portfolio value when crypto exchange collapse
30 May 2023
The Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on Tuesday (May 30) kicked off their collaboration with the launch of Singapore depository receipts (SDRs) under the Thailand-Singapore DR Linkage.
30 May 2023
Kathy Cheung has extensive experience in risk management in banking
30 May 2023
Everyone has become so inured to massive central bank interventions in markets that no one realizes just how unusual the latest banking crisis and response has been. But the time has come to consider whether monetary policy is the systemic force that created systemic vulnerability in the first place
30 May 2023
Growth prospects fueling activity, new economy, EV value chain opportunities attracting investors
30 May 2023
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional on May 24 priced a dual-tranche senior bond offering totalling US$1.5 billion, comprising of a US$750 million wakala sukuk for five years and a US$750 million conventional bond for 10 years. The issuance represents Khazanah’s first US dollar rated sukuk and conventional bond out of its newly established US$5 billion multi-currency sukuk issuance programme and US$10 billion euro medium-term note programme through its wholly-owned special purpose vehicles.
29 May 2023
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