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Webinar Q&A: WWF and MAS on 'green' central banking and regulation

Regulators are bolstering their work on transition planning and nature as they look to support the transition to net zero, Annabelle Palmer reports

Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?

As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley

NBIM: ESG ratings 'should disclose methodology change impacts'

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has urged regulators to require environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings providers to be more transparent about the impact of changes to their methodologies.

Singapore prices SGD2.8bn green bond tap

Singapore is raising SGD2.8 billion ($2.1 billion) from a tap of its 50-year green bond, which takes the total raised by the city-state from its debut sovereign green bond to SGD5.2 billion.

Singapore plans SGD1.8bn green bond tap this week

Singapore is planning to raise at least SGD1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) from a tap of its 50-year debut green bond this week.

MAS developing ESG ratings code of conduct

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is supporting work to create an ESG code of conduct which will ask ESG ratings and data providers to disclose how transition risks are factored into their products.

Video: Tze Khai Poh (MAS) on Singapore's first sovereign green bond issuance

Tze Khai Poh shares his key experiences and takeaways from Singapore's first sovereign green bond issuance

ESG in Fixed Income Asia 2022: Highlights

Environmental Finance's in-person ESG in Fixed Income Asia 2022 conference in Singapore recently highlighted the crucial environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics relevant to the fixed income markets in the region...

GFANZ Asia group to launch coal 'phase out' guidance

COP27: Regulators march on ... and on

Are regulators suffering mission creep at COP27, asks Peter Cripps