Asean Observer

PUTRAJAYA, ASEAN countries have unanimously stated their commitment to improving guaranteed food supplies in the region in an effort to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the…

INTRODUCTION In its April 2020 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), MAS set the rate of appreciation of the S$NEER policy band at zero percent per annum, starting at…

Singapore, 13 October 2020… Imperial College Business School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU) today launched the Singapore Green Finance…

The Monetary Board approved the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Digital Payments Transformation Roadmap 2020-2023. The roadmap charts the BSP’s current initiatives and strategy in advancing an…

The Monetary Board (MB), in its meeting dated 24 September 2020, approved, among others, the further extension of the temporary reduction of the term spread on Peso,…

Foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows sustained its uptrend in July 2020, registering an increase of 35.2 percent year-on-year to US$797 million from US$590 million in the…

Singapore, 12 October 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it will extend the MAS SGD Facility for ESG Loans [1] (the Facility) to complement the six-month…

Mr David Gerald, President and CEO of SIAS Esteemed Panelists, Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen 1   I am happy to join you today to launch the 2020…

KUALA LUMPUR – Alex Chong, whose company, MBA Crew, owns nine restaurants in Malaysia was having trouble last Friday luring customers in for lunch, a sign of…

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), in its continued commitment to transparency, has released information on the issuances of Monetary Board (MB) opinion to local government units…