Reporting & Disclosures

Tokenisation

Asset Managers Should Put Customers at Heart: SGX

By Manesh Samtani | 21/04/2022

At the IMAS Digital Summit 2022, SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye discussed the exchange’s approach to digital assets and technology adoption.

Climate Risk

ABS Launches Environmental Risk Questionnaire for Banks

By Editors | 21/04/2022

The ABS has launched an industry standard template to help banks engage corporate clients in the assessment and mitigation of environmental risk issues.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

CSRC Finalises New Rules on Investor Relations Management

By Darien Choong | 20/04/2022

The guidelines require listed companies to enhance their investor relations practices, including by providing more ESG information in communications.

Reporting & Disclosures

WFE Publishes Paper on Human Rights Disclosure Practices

By Editors | 19/04/2022

The paper addresses social washing concerns and offers guidance for exchanges on reporting against human-rights related reporting frameworks.

Climate Risk

SBTi Offers Guidance to FIs on Setting Net Zero Targets

By Editors | 19/04/2022

SBTi’s new paper provides principles, definitions, metrics, and target formulation considerations for FIs to set quantitative net-zero targets.

Sustainable Finance

Hong Kong Set to Relaunch Inaugural Retail Green Bond

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/04/2022

The government has increased the target issuance size of the retail green bond. The minimum annual interest rate has also been increased.

Climate Risk

FSA Issues Guidance to Japanese FIs on Using NGFS Scenarios

By Editors | 19/04/2022

The guidance will help Japanese financial institutions use of the NGFS scenarios to conduct climate-related financial risk analysis, the FSA said.

Sustainable Finance

JPX Issues Framework for Digitally Tracked Green Bonds

By Manesh Samtani | 19/04/2022

JPX also announced a partnership with Hitachi, Nomura Securities and BOOSTRY to issue the first publicly-offered bonds under the new framework.

Reporting & Disclosures

Bangladesh Bank Issues Revised CSR Reporting Form

By Mark Johnston | 14/04/2022

The new reporting form introduces a requirement to disclose whether banks and NBFIs are using external agencies, foundations or other third parties to conduct their CSR activities.