Queensland Investment Corporation sets up Singapore office to boost partnerships across Asia

Queensland government-owned investment firm Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has expanded its international presence with a new Singapore office established to support a…

Bursa Carbon Exchange inks deals with Sarawak Energy, Hydropower Sustainability Alliance, I-REC for renewable energy certificates

Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, has on Monday signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) with Sarawak Energy Berhad, Hydropower…

OCBC partners fintech firm MOBY to provide more payment collection options for micro merchants

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Bank) is collaborating with Malaysian fintech firm MOBY Group (MOBY) to enable small and micro merchants with pop up stores or kiosks to widen…

Singapore’s Circulate Capital announces final close of $73M climate tech fund

Circulate Capital, a Singapore-based environmental impact investor advancing the circular economy for plastics in high-growth markets, announced Tuesday the final close of the…

Bursa Carbon Exchange inks deal with Gold Standard to grow Malaysia’s voluntary carbon market

Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, and Gold Standard, a leading impact standards, have on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding…

Climate tech venture builder Wavemaker Impact closes first fund at $60M

Wavemaker Impact (WMI), a Southeast Asia’s climate tech venture builder, has announced the final close of its debut fund dedicated to driving large-scale decarbonization efforts…

Malaysian Stock Exchange to launch platform for mandatory ESG reporting

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) is set to unveil the Bursa Malaysia ESG Reporting Platform on Monday. This platform will act as a repository for disclosures…

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Unlocking the formula to seamless global content delivery: Overcoming key challenges

Businesses must explore the right capabilities to address critical issues of performance, latency, data security, and regulatory compliance globally to thrive. With the right…

Malaysia Science Ministry to present full framework for AI code of ethics in 1Q 2024 – report

Minister Chang Lih Kang said the presentation aimed at detailing the guidelines and regulations that stakeholders in all sectors need to adhere to.

Malaysian Central Bank, World Bank announce initiatives to enable financial sector to support nature-positive outcomes

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the World Bank have announced two key initiatives to enable the financial sector to support nature-positive outcomes. The two initiatives are…

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ACP, IFC, MAS and Temasek establish green investments partnership in Asia

Allied Climate Partners (ACP), International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Temasek announced today the intent to establish a green…

Alibaba Cloud open-sources more LLMs with diverse sizes and multimodal features

Alibaba Cloud has open-sourced two large language models (LLM), Qwen-72B and Qwen-1.8B, the 72-billion-parameter and 1.8-billion-parameter versions of its proprietary foundation…

Malaysian agritech startup Qarbotech lands $700,000 seed funding

Qarbotech, a Malaysia-based agritech startup, announced Monday that it has raised $700,000 in seed funding and grants. The round was led by multi-stage venture capital firm, 500…

MAS launches world’s first multi-sector transition taxonomy

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has on Monday launched the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Singapore-Asia Taxonomy) – which sets out detailed thresholds…