sustainable finance

Chaoni Huang, at the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and BNP Paribas, tells FA that taxonomy and definition uncertainties are hampering Apac’s transition finance market, and that growing interest and standardisation attempts should help.

Sydney-based Dann to lead SocGen’s sustainable finance unit across Asia Pacific after previously running Australia and New Zealand.

Potin has relocated from Tokyo to Taipei, to oversee the firm's corporate and investment banking business.

Paul Moody, managing director, global partnerships & client solutions, at the global professional body, told FA that demand in the SAR for green finance is a gateway into mainland China, and shared his thoughts on COP28.

Paul-Antoine Thiebot was previously director, energy transition and sustainable finance, overseeing the banks's regional mandate of the sustainable and positive impact finance group.

Interest in transition finance is growing, however, despite some countries, including Japan, taking a lead, such vehicles face many challenges, such as low comparability and tech uncertainty.

After the world’s first multi-currency digital bond offering was oversubscribed, a government spokesperson told FA that tokenised bonds are moving from ‘proof of concept’ into ‘production’.

Bank of China has tapped the European bond market to finance steel projects in Hebei province, in a first of a kind issuance involving a financial institution.

Chew shares with FA his thoughts on sustainability structures amid increasingly challenging margins.