WEEKLY NEWS | 05 SEPTEMBER 2022 | 162
THE MARKET WATCH
As part of Skills Future Festival organised by Skills Future Singapore, the IBF will be organising an online forum on 10-11 Aug 2022 to reach out to the financial community on the topic of Sustainable Finance. The event will seek to highlight
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Sustainable Finance Forum
Economy News
World’s central banking elite gather in Jackson Hole amid darkening inflation clouds
The world’s central banking elite are convening at the US Jackson Hole resort today with a bleak inflation backdrop looming over the annual event for the first time in decades.
Chiefs of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England will deliver remarks that will be closely watched by investors for clues on how quickly they will hike rates in the coming months. Top of the event’s bill is Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s speech tomorrow.
The world’s central banking elite are convening at the US Jackson Hole resort today with a bleak inflation backdrop looming over the annual event for the first time in decades ......
Money News
Singapore says retail investors 'irrationally oblivious' to crypto risks, plans tougher rules
SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Singapore is planning to roll out new regulations that will make it more difficult for retail investors to trade cryptocurrencies at a time when they seem to be "irrationally oblivious" about the risks, its central bank chief said.
Corruption highly correlated to inflation
Compliance News
KUALA LUMPUR: The heavy emphasis on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standing of countries implies that corruption levels have a high correlation to a country’s inflation and exchange rates today, say analysts. This is more pertinent and obvious especially for a trading nation such as Malaysia. Exchange rates are influenced by financial flow ......