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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 212: Banking the Asean Power Grid; mobile operators’ gridlocked emissions

2026-09-18T11:00:00.000Z
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to be careful to ensure steps are taken to prevent Canadian populists from finding a new distant target in Brussels.
THE BROAD VIEW

Thanks, Trump: Why Canada may become EU’s first-ever ‘associate member’

2026-09-18T06:00:00.000Z
Nuclear energy offers several potentially attractive advantages, including relatively stable fuel costs and the potential for greater electricity price stability.

Singapore needs a safe, stable and green source of energy. Can nuclear provide it?

2026-09-17T23:00:00.000Z
Fed chair Kevin Warsh and his board have acted on his pledge to fight inflation, raising rates by a quarter percentage point to a range of between 3.75 and 4%.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Big questions remain if the Fed’s rate increase is a one-off or the start of a longer hiking cycle

2026-09-17T10:40:00.000Z
Broad transport corridors, development nodes and land-use priorities are often made public long before individual station locations are confirmed.

Buying homes near unannounced MRT stations: What informed the decision?

2026-09-17T07:26:41.000Z
An immersion cooling system for a data centre. In Asia, AI-powered irrigation systems are improving water efficiency and forecasting droughts and flooding.

How AI could help – or hurt – Asia’s energy future

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
With no fuel hedges and a heavily leveraged balance sheet, AirAsia Group has posted a second-quarter net loss of RM831 million.
THINKING ALOUD

AirAsia’s funding woes test how far Malaysia will go to protect its budget champion

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
The construction contractor buys materials and fuel from dozens of suppliers – concrete by volume, glass and steel in varying dimensions and diesel by the litre.

STI constituents must report Scope 3 emissions in 2027. The burden mostly falls on unlisted firms

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
US President Donald Trump has promised a US$5,000-per-person dividend if Republicans retake Congress this November.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Real or not, Trump’s helicopter money drop should alarm Warsh

2026-09-16T09:30:16.000Z
Bank of America analysts note sky-high memory costs – a key indicator of demand for the AI buildout – are unchanged.

Chipmaker stocks will weather any AI slowdown

2026-09-16T08:20:09.000Z
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