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High on awareness, low on volume: MAS’ Gillian Tan on blended finance

Blended finance is a capital-raising approach that leans on investors with higher risk appetites to draw in commercial investors that normally shun risky projects such as climate tech research

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Sharanya Pillai

Sharanya Pillai

Published Wed, Apr 17, 2024 · 08:59 PM
    • Gillian Tan of MAS says that the region has done “fairly well” in creating awareness of blended finance, but financing is still “badly needed” in areas such as the retirement of coal assets.
    • Gillian Tan of MAS says that the region has done “fairly well” in creating awareness of blended finance, but financing is still “badly needed” in areas such as the retirement of coal assets. PHOTO: PHILANTHROPY ASIA SUMMIT

    ASIAN philanthropists need to put more “risk-tolerant” money behind the region’s green ambitions, especially in support of blended finance, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) chief sustainability officer Gillian Tan.

    The region has done “fairly well” in creating awareness of blended finance, but financing is still “badly needed” in areas such as the retirement of coal assets, she added.

    “If we were to look at quantitative measures of success, such as blended finance volumes, I’m afraid it will be difficult to score us highly,” said Tan, who was speaking at the Philanthropy Asia Summit, a partner event of the sustainability conference Ecosperity, on Wednesday (Apr 17).

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