MAS Monetary Authority of Singapore : Accelerating Green Finance
05/19/2021 | 12:20am EDT
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Guide for climate-related disclosures and framework for green trade finance Singapore, 19 May 2021… A financial industry taskforce convened by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched today several initiatives to accelerate green finance in Singapore through improving disclosures and fostering green solutions. 2. The Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) issued a detailed implementation guide for climate-related disclosures by financial institutions; a framework to help banks assess eligible green trade finance transactions; and a whitepaper on scaling green finance in the real estate, infrastructure, fund management and transition sectors. GFIT will also launch for financial institutions (FIs) and corporates a series of workshops to build capacity in green finance, with support from its industry association partnersThe Association o
May 13, 2021
Azlan Othman, James Kon, Hakim Hayat, Izah Azahari & Lyna Mohamad
Acts of kindness continued to be held across the nation in the final days of Ramadhan.
Twenty-eight orphans from Kampong Jerudong ‘A’ received donations following a
Tahlil for Al-Marhum His Royal Highness Prince Haji ‘Abdul ‘Azim.
Kampong Jerudong ‘A’ Village Consultative Council Advisor cum guest of honour Pehin Orang Kaya Lela Pahlawan Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Mohd Jaafar bin Haji Abdul Aziz handed over the donations, before the breaking of fast with the orphans.
Acting Village Head of Kampong Jerudong Haji Khairul Azmi bin Haji Lakat, Kampong Jerudong ‘A’ Village Consultative Council members, youths and guardians also attended.
ASEAN Capital Markets Connectivity To Be Enhanced With The Philippinesâ Entry Into The ASEAN Collective Investment Schemes Framework Date
11/05/2021
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC Thailand) have signed a supplemental Memorandum of Understanding (Supplemental MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Commission Philippines (SEC Philippines) to admit SEC Philippines as a new signatory to the ASEAN Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) Framework. The entry of the Philippines into the Framework is the latest step towards enhancing capital market connectivity in the region.
The ASEAN CIS Framework is an initiative under the regional capital markets integration plan endorsed by the ASEAN Finance Ministers in 2009 to facilitate cross-border product access and fund distribution for investors and issuers respectively. The framework enables fund managers operating in a me
This is after it signed a supplemental Memorandum of Understanding with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC Thailand).
The entry of the Philippines into the Framework is the latest step towards enhancing capital market connectivity in the region.
The ASEAN CIS Framework is an initiative under the regional capital markets integration plan endorsed by the ASEAN Finance Ministers in 2009 to facilitate cross-border product access and fund distribution for investors and issuers respectively.
The framework enables fund managers operating in a member jurisdiction to offer a CIS constituted and authorised in that jurisdiction to retail investors in other member jurisdictions under a streamlined authorisation process.