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Asia’s glaring insurance gap: a risk we cannot afford to ignore

MITIGATING climate change and addressing climate risk will be among the most important challenges humanity will be focusing on, now and in years to come.

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Asia’s insurance sector gets a pandemic push

INSURERS in Asia saw overall margins and profits from new business rebound last year from the 2020 lows, partly owing to how the pandemic pushed solutions for life and health protection to the forefront for consumers. At the same time, the Covid-19-led downturn has also spurred insurers to...

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Asia-Pacific fintechs raise US$3.3b in Q1 2022, but slowdown is coming: report

FINTECH companies in the Asia-Pacific raised US$3.33 billion over 186 deals in the first quarter of 2022, surpassing previous deal values and volumes recorded in the March quarter over the past 3 years.

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Nightmare on Crypto Street: Investors share their pain as TerraUSD stablecoin crashes

IT started as a small thrill, and hopes that the US$1,000 invested in Terra’s USD (UST) will repeat what Bitcoin did for its investors when it skyrocketed from US$1,000 to US$20,000 in 2017.

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TerraUSD stablecoins collapse, MAS reiterates crypto warning

STABLECOINS are proving to be not so stable after TerraUSD (UST) which is meant to keep a 1-to-1 peg with the US dollar lost more than 70 percent of its value in a matter of days, burning investors and leaving regulators exasperated that their warnings have fallen on...

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Chainalysis bags US$170m in Series F funds led by GIC

BLOCKCHAIN data platform Chainalysis has raised US$170 million in its Series F funding round led by Singapore’s GIC, doubling the platform’s valuation from US$4.2 billion to US$8.6 billion.

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Crypto crash: What happened to Luna and UST?

SPECULATION is rife as to why Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin experiment crumbled. An understanding of how it was supposed to work may provide some clues as to why it didn’t.

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Sustainable bond issuance likely flat in 2022 amid headwinds: Moody’s ESG Solutions

THE volume of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds issued globally will likely be flat in 2022, amid greater than anticipated headwinds from broader market conditions, Moody’s ESG Solutions said.

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Singapore life insurance sales slide 2% to S$1.21b in Q1

SINGAPORE’s life insurance industry saw a 2 per cent dip in weighted new business premiums to S$1.21 billion in the first quarter of 2022, from S$1.23 billion in the year-ago period.

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Warren Buffett is right about crypto: Investment decisions shouldn’t turn on FOMO

BILLIONAIRE investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have, again, ruffled feathers in the crypto fraternity with their recent criticism of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

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