[Hong Kong] New speech by Ashley Alder: Climate change
and finance: What’s next for global regulators?
SFC News, 18 Feb 2021
The
Chief Executive Officer of SFC Mr Ashley Alder delivered a speech at the
Climate Risk and Green Finance Regulatory Forum 2021. He talked about the
urgent need to retool the financial system to address the threat of climate
change.
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[Singapore]
Essential bank staff in Singapore to get Covid-19 jabs
Business
Times, 18 Feb 2021
The Singapore
government will be offering Covid-19 vaccines to essential bank staff in the
financial sector over several phases. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
confirmed that workers involved in "critical operations" have been
invited to indicate their interest to be vaccinated. These are key workers
involved in operations that enable the continued delivery of essential
financial services and support, such as cash withdrawals and deposits, treasury
management and payments.
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