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    The latest edition of the Green Bond Principles has placed added focus on reporting and external review best practice, brought social bonds more emphatically into the fold and put distance between ‘pure play’ bonds issued by companies whose activities are all green, and the green bond product.
  • Akbank has outlined plans to broaden the reach of Turkish banks among Asian lenders beyond Japan and improve awareness of longer tenors, as it returns to the loan market for the second time this year.
  • China may have grabbed the spotlight after its MSCI review this week but Pakistan was the real winner with its upgrade to emerging market status. Bankers expect the move will light a fire under equity capital markets and give a big boost to IPOs, especially in sectors like infrastructure. John Loh reports.
  • Index provider MSCI surprised markets on Tuesday by once again delaying the inclusion of A-shares in its Emerging Markets index. It conceded that China had made some progress, but said the country still has more work to do to tackle concerns over repatriation and restrictions on launching financial products linked to onshore exchanges.
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi is betting big on India’s fast growing economy, after opening a branch in Mumbai last November. The bank has ambitious plans for south Asia, its chief executive for India told GlobalCapital Asia recently.
  • South Korea’s financial authorities announced a new set of capital-control regulations in a bid to provide its financial system with a better buffer against external shocks.