Asia Pacific
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India has become the latest emerging market to use its sovereign wealth fund to move into the infrastructure arena. Managing director Sujoy Bose tells GlobalMarkets that investors could make a return as high as 18% but investors still fret over bureaucracy
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The head of Indonesia’s fiscal policy agency tells GlobalMarkets that his country is determined to hit its pledge to cut carbon emissions by 30% and called on policymakers to put a robust carbon tax back on the political agenda -
The current system of globalisation with the United States at its centre looks set to crumble and be replaced by a new global system anchored around China, leading economists have told GlobalMarkets
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The increasingly obvious threat of climate change is leading central banks into new territory, as they begin to analyse the risks it poses to the financial system. It is stretching them intellectually and posing new questions about how they interpret their mandates, and whether they can lead society or must travel at its pace.
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Investors have hailed the new ethics code for banks, the UN Principles for Responsible Banking, as an important advance in making banks more sustainable. But they want to see the fine words lead to action — above all, real decarbonisation.
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In this round-up, the phase-one trade deal between the US and China ran into problems, China relaxed regulations on foreign banks and insurers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned slower global growth.
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In this round-up, China’s third-quarter GDP growth fell to 6%, September’s CPI inflation jumped due to continued surge in pork price and money and credit growth both exceeded market expectations
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India’s Ministry of Finance is making big efforts to revive the country’s stagnating economy, with measures to front-load infrastructure spending and boost consumption. But experts warn that it will take many more tough reforms to get India back to its heyday of strong growth.
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In an exclusive interview with GlobalMarkets, the vice president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, says that he wants to see half of lending going to the private sector within 10 years
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Chinese mobile game developer CMGE Technology Group has kicked off the roadshow for its up to HK$1.3bn ($166.3m) Hong Kong IPO, finding early support from international investors, according to a source close to the deal.
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National Thermal Power Corp has sent out a request for proposals for an up to $300m-equivalent term loan.
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Health and Happiness International Holdings, Yibin Emerging Industry Investment Group Co and CCB International were among those which priced dollar bonds on Thursday.
