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FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 13:25

Natixis Grows APAC Coverage Team

The team, which provides advisory, capital markets, structured financing, and hedging and investment solutions, is adding an investment banker with 18 years of experience across a variety of sectors.

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:53

Lord Adair Turner: Zero Carbon China by 2050 «Absolutely Possible»

While pundits have expressed mixed views about China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the chair of think tank Energy Transitions Commission Lord Adair Turner is not only optimistic but believes that the timeline can even be accelerated. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:33

SMBC Announces Singapore-Based Senior Appointments

The bank has hired a pair of senior executives to its corporate banking and global markets business as it seeks to grow its Asia-centric strategy.

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:28

Law Firm Eyes Legal Action Over Greensill

In the case surrounding the closed Greensill funds, plaintiffs are forming against Credit Suisse. A Geneva law firm is also involved.

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11:17

Manulife U.S. Reit Gets Sustainability-Linked Loan

This sustainability-linked loan – which is Manulife U.S. Reit’s first – comes on the back of their inaugural green loan which OCBC extended last year after developing their green loan framework.

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:41

Business Groups Disappointed by Hong Kong's Covid Plans

In response to the business community’s call for looser quarantine measures and a roadmap for reopening, the Hong Kong government remained insistent that the current status quo will remain until local vaccination rates rise significantly. 

FINANCE Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:13

DBS Offloads Hong Kong Office Space

DBS is reportedly the latest to join the wave of global banks and multinationals that are cutting down office occupancy in Hong Kong.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 18:49

Quantitative Brokers Expands Algo Trading to Japan

It will provide co-located execution algorithms on the Osaka Exchange.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 15:48

MAS and ABS: Prepare for Agile Working

The complexity of managing the pandemic has resulted in a rethinking of the strategic imperatives for the future of work, as well as the role that workplace design should play to support these concepts, according to a study on the future of workplaces for...

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 14:23

Fitch: Expect Near-Term Losses for APAC Banks

Rising sovereign yields are expected to hit lenders in Asia Pacific and generate near-term losses, according to Fitch Ratings, with Hong Kong underlined amongst the particularly risk markets.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:55

CapitaLand to Restructure and Launch Investment Manager

The real estate developer said the reorganization of its business will help «sharpen business focus and unlock shareholder value.»

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:50

America's Super-Rich Still Hiding Money Offshore

The U.S. super-rich are still avoiding taxes a lot more than investigators had hoped, despite a crackdown on tax havens, according to a study.

HIGH-END Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:36

Christie’s: «Never Buy Art If You Are Just Looking to Make Returns»

Despite the pandemic, ample liquidity and technology have created new opportunities for art buyers – most notably the emergence of non-fungible tokens – but Christie’s International CEO Guillaume Cerutti warns against placing profits before passion.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 10:55

Google's Singapore-Based Payments Chief to Depart

He leaves after 15 years at Google, and will explore new opportunities and «start on a new mission.»

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 10:28

Huawei CFO Lawyers Call Negligence Over Unpreserved Records

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers described the Canadian police as negligent over the destruction of what they believe are crucial records that would invalidate orders for extradition to the U.S.

FINANCE Tuesday, 23 March 2021 09:19

HSBC Appoints Treasury Specialist in Singapore

She brings more than 19 years of banking experience in relationship management, transaction banking sales, and client management across several business sectors.

FINANCE Monday, 22 March 2021 18:35

Credit Suisse Revisits «One Bank» as Greensill Unfolds

At Credit Suisse, signs are mounting that the Greensill disaster may herald the end of the Swiss bank’s one-bank strategy.

FINANCE Monday, 22 March 2021 18:33

EFG International: New Members of the Executive Board

Swiss private bank EFG International is replacing two members of its executive board with internal candidates.

PEOPLE Monday, 22 March 2021 15:51

Natixis Nets Ex-MUFG Investment Banker

Natixis hires a former investment banker from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to join its Singapore unit as a senior country manager.

FINANCE Monday, 22 March 2021 15:10

PBoC: Financier Help Needed for Carbon Neutrality Goal

The Chinese government will only cover a small portion of the hundreds of trillions required to meet its carbon neutrality goals, according to the People’s Bank of China which called on financial institutions to help close the gap.

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