BANK of Singapore (BOS) is introducing environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors to its investment financing assessment framework to offer a higher loan quantum to mutual funds with MSCI ESG ratings of AAA or AA.
MORE Asian companies are pursuing sustainability practices on the back of Covid-19, with green bonds seen as the top green financing instrument, a Citi report showed on Tuesday.
Franklin Templeton has appointed the former chief investment officer for the biggest US pension fund - the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers) - as chairman of Asia Pacific.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the Global Veritas Challenge to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the financial sector, it said on Monday in a statement.
LION Global Investors and OCBC Securities will be listing Singapore's first China-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Aug 2, OCBC said in a press statement on Monday.
A LARGE number of income funds - which typically hold bonds - sold in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan tend to pay much higher yields to their clients than some others available in the market.
DBS will invest over S$5 million to convert a four-storey office building in Newton into a zero-energy building. This will be Singapore's first net zero development by a bank, DBS said on Friday.
