After months of debate proposes allowing pre-revenue innovative companies with dual-class structures to list in the city. Investor have expressed concern.
The Malaysian bourse is following Singapore and Hong Kong in considering studying unconventional share structures – despite caution from index providers.
Singapore has given dual class shares the green flag, with HKEx lobbying to do so. If the latter follows the suit, it will lead a race to the bottom among Asia’s financial markets.
Fed up with losing lucrative tech IPOs like Alibaba's, the bourse is determined to have a second go at dual-class shareholdings. But convincing the SFC and investors will not be easy.
The bourse should delist Toshiba and fulfil its responsibility to protect small investors. Continued trading is an indictment of Japan’s corporate governance.
As more investors seek to deploy sustainable capital, National Australia Bank says green bond issuers are being offered a golden opportunity.
Southeast Asia's largest waste-to-energy company opens one of Thailand's largest flotations in recent years.
More capital is needed to fight the blight of pollution in the mainland's smoggy cities. But issuers may find criteria for what constitutes a "green bond" are far tougher overseas.
The coal sector feels the heat, with leading domestic and international banks increasingly reluctant to lend
Asia’s green bond market exploded in 2016. But whether the market can add cheaper costs to a list of other advantages remains to be seen.
Despite stabilising growth, a number of challenges cast a shadow over the prospects for credit worldwide. Rahul Ghosh of Moody's Investors Service discusses the outlook for 2017.
The Australian lender names a 15-year veteran as head of its sustainable finance solutions team after six months as acting head.
Asia's green bond market made its big breakthrough in the third quarter of this year.
SGX plans to sign up to the UN's Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative, FinanceAsia can reveal.
Experts from National Australia Bank say the challenges of climate change and countries' need for infrastructure funding mean the green bond market has enormous potential.
China’s efforts to triple solar power capacity by 2020 bring a new industry to the attention of investors.
Nuclear construction giant CNEC raises $278 million from its long-awaited initial public offering in Shanghai, the second largest A-share flotation so far this year.
With M&A volumes booming in Asia, the chances of fraud are also on the rise. EY argues would-be acquirers need to conduct forensic due diligence to minimise these risks.
China set to carve out a dominant role in the global green bond market.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp sold Japan's first-ever dollar green bond after Development Bank of Japan's euro-denominated issue last year.