Press Release - DBS today announced a partnership with Open Government Products (OGP) to launch a live pilot where purpose-bound money-based vouchers (PBM vouchers) are issued using tokenised SGD to facilitate "real-world" live transactions with selected merchants. This forms part of Project Orchid, an industry effort led by the Monetary Authority...

Press Release - In a bid to clamp down on greenwashing, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a package of new measures including investment product sustainability labels and restrictions on how terms like 'ESG', 'green' or 'sustainable' can be used. In a bid to clamp down on greenwashing, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is...

Media Article (Zawya) - Egypt's Paragon Real Estate Development has appointed Savills Egypt to provide consultancy and management services for its commercial projects Paragon 1 and Paragon 2, being developed by subsidiary Paragon Properties, in the New Administrative Capital (NAC).

Media Article (Africa Global Funds) - Agrarius Sustainability Engineered has launched Africa's first JSE listed R10bn Shari'ah compliant sustainability related note programme in the agriculture sector value chain. Agrarius is the brainchild of and is administered by 27four Investment Managers, a majority Black women owned South African asset...

Media Article (Zawya) - The UAE developer Aldar Properties posted a robust 27% increase year-on-year (YoY) in its Q3-2022 net profit to 601 million dirhams ($163.6 million), and said it is looking to activate its extensive land bank to push sales.

By Elliot Gulliver-Needham (Investment Week) - Nuveen has repositioned the firm's Global Infrastructure fund towards decarbonisation. The firm's new Global Clean Infrastructure Impact fund will invest in companies that are solving significant environmental challenges.