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Bahrain’s minister of industry and commerce discusses how sustainability is being woven into the country’s industrial development strategy

Experts are concerned about how banks’ connections to fossil fuel companies may be affecting the progress of the green transition

Will Japan’s $11bn climate transition bond drive wider adoption of transition finance?

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As shadow banks keep growing, the US is making it easier to designate them as systemically important. Will other jurisdictions follow?

Plus: China’s central bank slashes mortgage reference rate; South Korean companies’ real estate losses mount

Higher interest rates have boosted profitability, even as a competitive market weighs on net interest margins