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Sustainability-linked bonds

Banking & Finance

OCBC, Asset World Corp ink pact with US$200 million sustainability-linked loan

2026-07-24T04:03:37.000Z
Gender-focused finance may become another segment through which Singapore intermediates cross-border capital flows across Asia.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

What Singapore-structured gender bonds reveal about the future of capital markets

2026-05-22T23:00:00.000Z
Analysts say that the deprioritisation of sustainability among Asean corporates is temporary as banks continue to see strong decarbonisation momentum among their clients.
ESG

ESG loans in South-east Asia fall 46% in Q1 2026 amid heightened volatility from Iran war 

2026-04-19T23:00:00.000Z
The social loan and green bond fall under Parkway Life Reit's new sustainable financing framework.
Companies & Markets

Parkway Life Reit secures 8.8 billion yen social loan from DBS, issues S$70 million green bond

2026-02-20T12:57:22.000Z
Proceeds from ESG bonds came in at US$20.3 billion in 2025, marginally higher than US$20.2 billion in 2024.
ESG

Transition finance in South-east Asia expected to grow in 2026, say market watchers

2026-02-11T10:44:02.000Z
Including this tranche, Singapore has issued S$7.7 billion of 50-year sovereign green bonds under the Singapore Green Bond framework.
ESG

Singapore’s latest 50-year green bond issuance closes at 2.16%, down from 2.62%

2025-09-29T13:34:17.000Z
Proceeds from the Itochu notes will fund workplace programmes to help employees thrive in the long term, as well as investments in companies offering gender-positive products and services, says lead manager Daiwa Securities Co.
ESG

Itochu sells Japan’s first orange bonds for gender equality

2025-09-07T09:27:45.000Z
The global market for ESG funds saw its worst quarter on record in the three months to March.
ESG

ABN Amro analysts see ESG bond issuance dropping ‘considerably’

2025-07-20T07:54:01.000Z
The “economic case for Asia’s transition is growing”, said MAS chairman Gan Kim Yong in the report.
ESG

Singapore sustainable bond issuances jump 80% to S$13.3 billion in 2024: MAS

2025-07-09T06:00:00.000Z
The PwC report notes that opportunities are expected to come from entirely new legal workstreams created by sustainability-related requirements such as carbon markets and sustainability-related disputes.
Sustainable Finance

Singapore’s sustainability legal services market to treble to at least S$450 million by 2033: PwC study

2025-03-30T10:00:00.000Z
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