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  • LeapFrog: reaching emerging markets

    19 May 2023

    There is correlation between impact and returns, according to LeapFrog Investments. Peter Cripps reports

  • MAS's Menon warns of 'significant macroeconomic implications' of biodiversity loss

    02 May 2023

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore's managing director Ravi Menon has urged financial institutions to proactively manage the risk of biodiversity loss, warning it could have "significant macroeconomic implications".

  • There is no alternative to carbon markets, says Temasek's GenZero

    27 April 2023

    While scrutiny of the carbon market should be welcomed, criticism of the carbon market is unfair unless an alternative is presented, the CEO of Temasek's GenZero told Environmental Finance.

  • Singapore and China to make taxonomies interoperable

    25 April 2023

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the People's Bank of China have announced plans to make the Singaporean and Chinese sustainability taxonomies interoperable, as part of deeper sustainable finance cooperation between the two nations.

  • Brookfield-led consortium to acquire Australian power generator

    27 March 2023

    A consortium of Brookfield Renewable Partners, GIC, Temasek and MidOcean Energy, have agreed to acquire Australia's largest integrated power generator, Origin Energy, for AUD18.7 billion ($12.4 billion).

  • MAS urges insurers to help high emitters decarbonise

    22 March 2023

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has called for insurers to steer companies in the emissions intensive Asia-Pacific region towards more sustainable practices, as an executive warned insurers of high exposure to climate transition risks.