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Treasury & Capital Markets
Despite historically high rates of inflation, Hong Kong has lost its status as the world’s most expensive city, falling one place to be surpassed by New York, the latest rankings show. Singapore has climbed eight places to become the fifth most costly location globally, while Seoul has climbed one rung higher to secure the ninth position.
7 Jun 2023
Generative AI holds immense potential to drive electronification, transparency in corporate bond market
7 Jun 2023
GLP C-REIT, a real estate investment trust of Singapore-based GLP Capital Partners listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has raised 1.85 billion yuan (US$260 million) in a follow-on equity offering to acquire new logistics assets in China.
6 Jun 2023
Facility to have total designed industrial water treatment capacity of 60,000 m3 per day
6 Jun 2023
Chinese firm aims to improve resilience of healthcare supply chains in Africa
6 Jun 2023
China must reconfigure its industries and supply chains to meet the challenges posed by rising geopolitical tensions and rapid population aging. Private markets – including private equity and venture capital funds – can and must play a crucial role in this effort
3 Jun 2023
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to grant Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, a licence to operate. Gulf Binance, a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Energy Development, has received the licence from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand. The company says it aims to launch operations of the new platform by the fourth quarter of 2023.
2 Jun 2023
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR) on May 31 raised close to US$6 billion in its biggest offering of multi-currency, multi-tranche green bonds. The latest issuances under its green bond programme exceeded the US$5.75 billion equivalent that it raised in January this year – also in multi-currencies and multi-tranches – in what was then described as the largest ESG bond offering in Asia.
2 Jun 2023
The US Federal Reserve is adrift, and it has only itself to blame. Regardless of whether its policy-setting committee announces another interest rate hike in June, its top priority now should be to address the structural weaknesses that led it astray in the first place
2 Jun 2023
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been increasing focus on improving healthcare systems as well as their accessibility. The widespread use of smartphones, along with expanding connectivity networks, has catalyzed the development of digital healthcare in Asia.
2 Jun 2023
Leaving aside the political theatrics, intrigue and brinkmanship that nowadays accompany every increase in the US debt ceiling, can anything be done to stop – or even slow – the growth in borrowing? The answer may lie in Switzerland
1 Jun 2023
Creditor nations need to act quickly to avoid economic and social impacts, humanitarian consequences
31 May 2023
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) on May 30 announced the successful completion of its first issuance of infrastructure loan-backed securities under its pilot scheme on infrastructure financing securitization. This is executed through a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Bauhinia ILBS 1 Limited (Bauhinia 1). As a policy measure in the 2022-23 Budget, the issuance of Bauhinia 1 marks an important step taken by the HKMC towards developing an infrastructure financing securitization platform in Hong Kong.
31 May 2023
Singapore sovereign lost 0.09% of net portfolio value when crypto exchange collapse
30 May 2023
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