Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Cagamas Issues RM500 Million Multi-Tenured Bonds, Sukuk

Cagamas Bhd recently issued multi-tenured bonds and sukuk totalling RM500 million, raising its total issuance size year-to-date to RM1.5 billion. In a statement today, the...

BankIslami Signs MoU with Center of Islamic Finance CUI

BankIslami Pakistan Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Center of Islamic Finance -COMSATS University (CUI), Lahore Campus, one of the leading...

Green Loans Offer Ideal Alternative for CFOs

Based on the growing number of issuances, green bonds are becoming more popular in Asia, but so too are environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked...

A New Green Revolution: Green Bonds

The Philippines’ GDP growth has maintained a relatively stable upward trend over the last decade. Regionally, the archipelago continues to outpace most of its...

China Emerges as Key Player in Green Bonds Market

Chinese entities last year issued more than $30 billion worth of bonds that met international "green" definitions. The country maintained its second place position...

Pakistan Seeks $500 Million Loan from ADB

Pakistan has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to approve a $500 million loan in budgetary support before June this year, as it faces...