AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoMarket Conduct: South Korea’s FTC fined 15 banks and brokerages a record 1.63 trillion won for coordinating bids at 150 government bond auctions from 2020 to 2023. Banking & Investment: Blackstone will invest about $535 million for nearly 16% of India’s IIFL Finance, helping lift its capital adequacy ratio from about 17% to nearly 30%. Cybersecurity: A hack at South Korea’s Financial Security Institute exposed employee information, raising fresh concerns about financial-sector defenses; authorities say no sensitive security data was compromised. Climate Finance: COP31 opened amid a rich-poor nations’ dispute over funding, with developing countries pressing for clear plans to meet a $300 billion annual climate-finance target by 2035. SME Lending: Malaysia’s MDEC teamed up with seven financial institutions on an AI platform that uses e-invoice data to help assess small-business credit. Taiwan Markets: The finance minister backed doubling the National Financial Stabilization Fund to NT$1 trillion, citing the stock market’s growth and greater volatility.
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