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ESG Insights
ESG Insights

Issue 165: All eyes on Singapore’s green bond auction; a call for insurance consistency

China’s Belt and Road Initiative lending spree of the 2010s has paid for shipping ports, railways, roads and more from the deserts of Africa to the tropical South Pacific.
Global Enterprise

Developing nations face ‘tidal wave’ of China debt: report

A news broadcast featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed outside the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai.
Companies & Markets

Foreign banks sell record Indian sovereign debt as tensions rise

The value of solar exports by Vietnam and Thailand are the highest among the four South-east Asian countries facing new US tariffs.
ESG
ESG Insights

Issue 145: South-east Asia’s sunburn; favourable market greets Singapore green bond auction

With signs of weakness in the US economy, JPMorgan moved its recommendation on sovereign and semi-sovereign dollar debt included in its EMBI Global Diversified index to “underweight” from “market weight.”
International

JPMorgan sours on hard currency sovereign debt

If the European Union does not take heed of ex-ECB head Mario Draghi's recommendations published in September, Draghi warned the 27-country bloc would face a “slow agony” of decline.
Global Enterprise

Facing Trump’s return, EU confronts economic challenges

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says: “Our forecasts point to an unforgiving combination of low growth and high debt – a difficult future.”
International

The world’s US$100 trillion fiscal timebomb keeps ticking

As part of the package, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to issue one trillion yuan of special sovereign debt primarily to stimulate consumption amid growing concerns about a stuttering post-Covid economic recovery.
International

China to issue 2 trillion yuan of sovereign debt this year to help revive economy: sources

The latest data suggest improving sentiment as Riyadh seeks funding for projects to diversify the economy from oil and position it as a link between Asia and Europe.
Global Enterprise

Saudi Arabia dethrones China as top emerging-market borrower

These countries are hit hardest by the shock to gas and oil prices caused by the invasion and subsequent sanctions against Russia.
International

S&P downgrades three Baltic countries due to war in Ukraine

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