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Capital markets solutions offer another way to provide the scale of financing needed for the energy transition in Asia Pacific. A new Societe Generale-backed solar securitisation in New Zealand could serve as a template for other jurisdictions.

While the disruptions of the past few years have impacted most markets and economies negatively, Latin America has been an outlier.

Carbon dioxide emissions from steel are a major agenda point for both governments and environmentally conscious consumers who are committed to reducing their carbon footprints. How H2 Green Steel has financed the first steel plant that will remove almost all of these emissions from the steelmaking process?

This article explores why there is still a need to foster the quality and accessibility of ESG data to be embedded in investment solutions and risk management.

It would seem investors should welcome mandated climate-related disclosures made by US businesses. But the increasing number of rules across jurisdictions, all with different scopes and timelines, has made this difficult terrain to navigate for both investors and companies. The last few months have only added to this challenge.

As we enter the second half of 2024, investors focus on the path of disinflation causing divergence in central banks’ policy easing. How will these factors play out and what are the implications on Asian markets?

In the energy transition, the commodities sector is where the pedal really hits the metal. Rising prices are just a taste of things to come.

Société Générale–FORGE (SG–Forge), a subsidiary of the Group with expertise in the field of crypto-assets and blockchain, issued its stablecoin named “EUR CoinVertible (EURCV)” in April 2023.

International connectivity and a nimble approach to debt financing helps issuers and investors access the right opportunities at the right time.