Malaysia to let institutions invest abroad

The former Bank of America executive has relocated from London to Shanghai.

As investors look beyond financial returns, senior leaders from Temasek, District Capital, UBS and the Center for Impact Investing and Practices, recently shared their views in Singapore at the Tideline Compass Series Panel.

Vikram Singh takes on the senior leadership post, drawing on over two decades of experience with the bank in India, the Philippines and Singapore.

With the HKMA close to issuing licences, yuan-linked stablecoins could help boost the internationalisation of the Chinese currency.

After a deluge of defaults, a new state-owned bank called United Islamic Bank is set to emerge out of the five banks, with the plan to privatise them over time.

An agreement will allow firms with a primary listing on Bursa Malaysia’s main market to apply for a secondary listing on HKEX as a Recognised Stock Exchange; it follows agreements with Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand; MSCI has launched an ECM partnership with the SGX.