BUSINESSES which do not manage their environmental risk adequately could find themselves facing higher borrowing costs or limits on their loans down the road, if the proposed guidelines released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday are accepted and implemented.
THE US dollar is expected to weaken moderately as economies exit from lockdowns and more money flows into riskier assets. This will be bad news for Singapore-listed companies with significant exposure to the United States, but should be broadly positive for the local equity market.
