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Published on Apr 19, 2024Source: RenewEconomy - Label Pending
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Published on Apr 19, 2024
Deutsche Bank has cut dozens in Asia private banking overhaul
DEUTSCHE Bank trimmed 10 private banking roles in Asia over the past week, adding to dozens of cuts in recent quarters as it zooms in on more profitable markets and weeds out underperformers, according to people familiar with the matter. As many as 60 …
Source: The Business Times Singapore - Neutral -
Published on Apr 17, 2024
Liberalise South-east Asia’s energy sector to attract more private finance: BlackRock official
SOUTH-EAST Asia needs to adopt a market-based approach towards its energy sector to attract more private capital into the region’s energy transition, said Philipp Hildebrand, vice-chairman of asset manager BlackRock. With the exception of Singapore and the …
Source: The Business Times Singapore - Neutral -
Published on Apr 17, 2024
OPINION: Singapore and its relations with a new South-east Asia
by Wang Gungwu SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) - Feeling separate from its nearest hinterland, and connected to a more distant entity, was part of the Singapore psyche. This now needs rethinking as Singapore has to strengthen connections with Asean …
Source: Eleven Myanmar - Neutral -
Published on Apr 16, 2024
Ghost roads in South-East Asia speed nature’s destruction
Professor Cinner’s colleague at James Cook, Distinguished Professor Bill Laurance, said roads serve important functions, but without effective planning and law enforcement they can unleash a Pandora’s box of environmental ills and societal challenges. “ …
Source: The National Tribune - Center-left -
Published on Apr 15, 2024
Singapore To Welcome Pope Francis In September During Pontiff’s South-East Asia Journey
Pope Francis is coming to Singapore on a three-day visit in September 2024. Photo courtesy: Instagram/vaticannews | Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the global Catholic Christian population, will embark on an Apostolic Journey across parts of South- …
Source: Free Press Journal - Neutral -
Published on Apr 17, 2024
Carbon financing could retire dozens of coal plants in S-E Asia by 2030: Rockefeller Foundation
SINGAPORE - Dozens of coal-fired power plants, many of them in South-east Asia, could be retired early by 2030 by using a carbon financing initiative, a sustainability conference heard on April 17. The Rockefeller Foundation-led Coal to Clean Credit …
Source: The Straits Times - Pro-Government -
Published on Apr 15, 2024
BII and FMO back BECIS with joint US$50 million financing facility supporting commercial and industrial renewables ...
The joint financing facility will support the energy-as-a-service provider to grow its rooftop solar portfolio in South and South-East Asia to nearly 350 MW by 2025, which will help avoid 319,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Supported by local …
Source: Asiaone - Uncategorized -
Published on Apr 17, 2024
Why the dollar is causing chaos in Asia
EMERGING-MARKET currencies have tumbled this year as the dollar has gone from strength to strength. Taiwan’s currency dropped to the lowest level in almost eight years this week, India’s rupee slumped to a record, and Malaysia’s ringgit is close to the …
Source: The Business Times Singapore - Neutral -
Published on Apr 16, 2024
BII, FMO commit USD 50m to South-East Asian C&I renewables firm BECIS
British International Investment (BII) and FMO have committed a USD-50-million (EUR 47m) joint financing facility to Singapore-based energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider BECIS. Announcing the commitment on Monday, the UK’s development finance institution …
Source: Renewables Now - Neutral