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The project is expected to provide renewable energy to an estimated 500,000 households, and create more than 200 jobs in the construction phase

India’s Acme Solar inks US$200 million solar farm deal with Danish fund and UN arm

June 24, 2021

70 global and Asia regional dealers

June 24, 2021

Asia local currency bonds are the fastest growing sector on the MarketAxess platform, 76% YOY as of February 2021

Malaysia’s MIDF Amanah Asset Management launches first ESG fund

June 24, 2021

Market Presence: The ESG Mustadamah Fund aims to achieve medium to long-term sustainable capital appreciation

Canada’s Sun Life names Kim Yeoh as Asia chief financial officer

June 24, 2021

Going Places: Kim’s appointment is effective July 1

Hong Kong’s Value Partners promotes Edwin Kam

June 23, 2021

Going Places: Kam’s appointment became effective in early June

Sri Lanka’s Comtrust Asset Management hires Bimanee Meepagala as CIO

June 23, 2021

Going Places: Meepagala’s appointment was effective June 1

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ETF investors accelerate towards a sustainable future

By Amundi May 12, 2021

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JUNE 2021 VOL.26 NO.6

Of custody and crypto

The normally staid world of custody banking is now having to embrace the wild child of global assets: cryptocurrency. And this is happening just as bitcoin, the poster child of cryptocurrency, seesawed from US$30,000 one week to $40,000 the next, shedding then recovering 30% of its value. Some bitcoin bulls are talking of $100,000 by year-end

Disruption comes to custody

The recent furore over bitcoin has again pushed financial technology into the news, but many of the most interesting applications of the underlying blockchain technology and other fintech developments are happening in more staid areas of financial services

Value maven looks to China

The co-chairman and co-chief investment officer of Hong Kong asset management firm Value Partners recently addressed the London Business School’s asset management conference, sharing his views about investing and global developments

A demographic time bomb

China’s rapidly ageing population is shaping up as a tough challenge for its retirement system. Market participants believe Beijing will have to ease restrictions on pension fund investments to help address the deteriorating pension deficit

High hopes

Indonesia closed down its first sovereign wealth fund in 2015 following eight years of disappointing performance. Now the government is again pinning its hopes on a wealth fund to help finance development projects, especially for infrastructure

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