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Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) met last month to outline five initiatives to expedite the market’s transition to net zero. FA spoke to experts to assess the regulatory environment that Malaysia is working to cultivate, in support of climate-conscious investment.

As the South Asian economy looks to eliminate interest from its banking system, Fitch Ratings' global head of Islamic finance, Bashar Al Natoor, examines what this could mean for the country’s Islamic finance sector.

Aamir Khan was parachuted into the top job in mid-August and has since swept through the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan streamlining and simplifying regulations. He spoke to FinanceAsia about his vision to re-ignite the country’s capital markets.

Jakarta's move to double down on Mulyani Indrawati bears fruit yet again as she stays top of the Asian finance minister pile for the third year in a row.

In his first interview since taking up the role, the lender's new Malaysia country manager discusses scrapped infrastructure plans, regulatory reform and the impact of the trade war.

The city becomes the first Asian sovereign issuer this year to sell an Islamic bond.

Pakistan returns with record breaking sukuk, while Indian agro-chemicals company makes its offshore debut.

It also provides a model for a more equitable form of capitalism, argues the CEO of CIMB Islamic Bank.

The development of domestic debt markets have been the key to preventing a second financial crisis in the region says HSBC’s head of global banking for South East Asia.