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ESG / Sustainability
New Investment Models Needed for Net Zero Goals
By ESG Investor | 12/05/2023
Speaking at ESG Investor’s inaugural Stewardship Summit, UNEP FI’s David Carlin says transition finance flows to developing economies are too low to meet net zero targets.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS Innovation Hub Publishes Guidance on Offline CBDC Payments
By Editors | 12/05/2023
The new handbook is intended as a guide for central banks that are considering the potential implementation of CBDCs with offline functionality.
ESG / Sustainability
ISSB Consults on International Applicability of SASB Standards
By Editors | 12/05/2023
The ISSB is consulting on a proposed methodology for improving the international applicability of the SASB Standards and removing regional bias.
Market Infrastructure
HKEX May Allow Market to Remain Open During Typhoons
By Editors | 12/05/2023
A working group from HKEX and the HKMA is reportedly drafting a plan to allow trading to continue as normal during typhoons and rainstorms.
ESG / Sustainability
Bursa Malaysia, Mah Sing, Alliance Bank to Collaborate on ESG
By Editors | 12/05/2023
Alliance Bank will offer Mah Sing Group’s suppliers, contractors, and consultants incentives to reward them for improving their carbon footprint.
Enforcement
HSBC, Scotia Fined for Use of Unapproved Messaging Tools
By Editors | 12/05/2023
Employees, including those at senior levels and in compliance roles, used unapproved messaging tools to engage in business-related communications.
Market Infrastructure
China to Appoint Veteran Banker to Head New Super-Regulator
By Editors | 12/05/2023
Li Yunze will head the NFRA (National Financial Regulatory Administration) as part of a broader restructuring of China’s financial regulatory regime.
Enforcement
ASIC to ‘Sharpen Focus’ on Misconduct by Credit Providers
By Editors | 11/05/2023
Deputy chair Sarah Court said credit providers and debt management firms that take advantage of vulnerable consumers are in ASIC’s sights.
ESG / Sustainability
Japan’s GFANZ Chapter to Support APAC Transition
By ESG Investor | 11/05/2023
The Japan Chapter will support local financial institutions as they work to decarbonise across all sectors of the economy and “seize transition-related opportunities”.
Taiwan Central Bank Doesn’t Want to Run Sovereign Wealth Fund
By Editors | 11/05/2023
Lawmakers proposed to give the central bank powers to operate a sovereign wealth fund using foreign exchange reserves.
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