The Sustainable Finance Study Group is being re-established after a two-year suspension, with the PBOC and the US Treasury as its co-chairs.
March 3, 2021Financial institutions will begin capturing exposures based on the Climate Change and Principles-Based Taxonomy over the course of 2021.
March 2, 2021ESG Investor talked to sustainable finance experts and stakeholders on the forms a global taxonomy should take to scale climate finance internationally.
February 27, 2021Paul Chan spoke of measures to boost green bond issuance, launch southbound Bond Connect, expand Stock Connect, and subsidise REITs, fund managers and family offices coming to Hong Kong.
February 26, 2021The guideline indicates that green finance initiatives will be given a greater weighting in financial institutions’ performance evaluations.
February 24, 2021Allen & Overy's Shuhui Kwok discusses Singapore's proposed green taxonomy, describing how it aligns with - and differs from - the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
February 11, 2021A comparative study is about to be completed, which will pave the way for the launch of a China-EU Shared Classification Catalogue for Green Finance later this year.
February 11, 2021The bonds reportedly received a lukewarm response from investors who are seeking higher yields amid signs of tighter liquidity.
February 11, 2021The FSC plans to draw up a climate risk management and oversight plan for FIs by March and develop a green taxonomy within H1.
January 29, 2021The taxonomy draws on the theoretical underpinnings of the EU taxonomy and proposes a traffic-light system which sets out how activities are classified.
January 29, 2021