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A new environment-focused facility announced on Wednesday with $100m by the ADB and the German government aims to attract $500m from private sector investors who have a strong appetite for green bonds

The Bank of Japan has dismissed rumours of an agreement at the G-20 summit to bring the dollar’s exchange rate down against the euro and yen, which has risen sharply this year

The decision to push Japanese interest rates into negative territory would deliver real results within months, its central bank governor told Emerging Markets in an exclusive interview — and he insisted it would have minimal impact on bank profitability

Bambang PS Brodjonegoro says diversifying Indonesia’s economy away from commodities is a priority and that reforms must be sustainable rather than short term

As the banking industry’s painful readjustment continues, the first quarter’s awful market numbers show that big, diverse, universal banks, contrary to recent management mantras, actually do have an advantage.

Money market fund reform regulation which comes into force in October this year will have serious consequences for banks’ funding. What are they doing about it?

Indian companies are showing interest in issuing offshore rupee-denominated, or Masala, bonds but a leading financier warns that the market will not heat up until the central bank allows private banks to fund deals

Much of the talk about China’s economic rebalancing has focused on the impact on the country, but experts are warning its smaller neighbours to prepare for significant impacts on their economies and trade patterns

The UK quitting the European Union would have little negative impact on Asia as a region but could offer some of its cities the opportunity to supplant London as a leading global financial centre

Banks in Asia are not doing enough to connect their private clients to the infrastructure investment opportunities that the region urgently needs to fill its massive $8tr shortfall

Ryuchi Kaga tells Emerging Markets that Asia is likely to fall short of the $8tr that needs to be spent on infrastructure by 2020 but that PPP will play an increasingly important role across the region

Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Standard Chartered all have new-ish bosses, are going through brutal restructuring, and all managed to surpass market expectations when they reported first quarter results last week.