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Issue 18: MAS wants to blend; risk and banks’ reserve capital

Kenneth Lim
Published Mon, Aug 14, 2023 · 12:22 AM
    • Sizeable gaps exist between what is currently being invested in renewable energy in South-east Asia and what is required to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels.
    • Sizeable gaps exist between what is currently being invested in renewable energy in South-east Asia and what is required to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

    In this issue: The Monetary Authority of Singapore sets its sights on blended finance, while banks ask if reserve requirements should see green as less risky.

    Singapore

    Into the blender

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is going big on blended finance as part of its focus on the transitioning of South-east Asia’s “brown” economies into greener ones.

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