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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
This article appears in the June 2021 issue of Advisor’s Edge
When the Canadian Securities Administrators decided to tackle activist short-selling late last year, it was already a thorny topic with the potential to cross over into debates about how information is shared online and even free speech.
Then came the GameStop saga. Retail investors’ surprising demonstration of might earlier this year inflicted huge losses on hedge funds shorting the brick-and-mortar video game retailer, pushing the company’s shares to improbable heights. Investors also showed they can organize online and respond to information in unpredictable ways that have disorienting effects on financial markets.
Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Productive Finance Working Group - March 2021 - The Second Technical Expert Group (TEG) Meeting Date
Agenda
1. Competition law reminder by Simmons & Simmons LLP
2. Updates on and discussion of progress since the previous TEG meeting on solutions to the barriers to investment in less liquid assets
3. Agreeing next steps for delivering draft solutions for the second meeting of the Steering Committee (SC2) on 4 May
Minutes
Item 1 – Competition law reminder by Simmons & Simmons LLP
Simmons & Simmons LLP set out the legal obligations of all members of the Working Group relating to competition law. They reminded members that it is their responsibility to meet their legal obligations and to take their own legal advice.