Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

China Everbright Water Issues 700m Yuan of 3.89% 5-Year Panda Bonds

Mainboard-listed China Everbright Water issued its third tranche of corporate "panda bonds" on Monday (Jan 21), the Chinese water management company has announced. The latest...

New Initiative to Drive Sustainable Finance in Singapore

WWF and partner organizations have launched Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), which brings industry, academic, and science-based resources together to support financial institutions in...

PSO in Dire Straits as Launch of Rs200bn Bond Delayed

The delay in the launch of Rs200 billion Islamic bond to rescue the troubled energy sector has put the largest state-owned firm — Pakistan...

In First Ever Green Bond Offer, RCBC Raises P15B

Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) is raising P15 billion from a landmark bond offering touted as the first peso-denominated Association of Southeast Asian...

South Korean Government Launches Pyeongchang Blockchain Forum

Among the South-Asian markets, South Korea has repeatedly proven itself one of the most supportive of cryptocurrencies and blockchain (in terms of government and...

Al Baraka Bank Pakistan Enters into Takaful Service Alliance with Pak...

Al Baraka Bank Pakistan (ABPL), Pakistan’s first Islamic bank, entered into an agreement with Pak Qatar General Takaful for providing Accidental Death and Cash...