IFC managing director Makhtar Diop said many investors are showing interest in opportunities within emerging countries. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump’s threats of a global trade war, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is dramatically ramping up its investment activities. The Washington-based IFC – the World
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Asean finance ministers will meet this week amid a sense of urgency to deepen economic integration and enhance financial resilience as the global trade war erupts, no thanks to debilitating tariffs imposed by the United States. Against such testing times and the threat of global inflation – or worse, a recession -Malaysia’s chairmanship of
China’s finance ministry has announced the impending issuance of sovereign green bonds in London, which will mark its first overseas sale of such bonds and a concrete step following high-level economic and finance talks earlier this year. The yuan-denominated issuance will be worth up to 6 billion yuan (US$829.75 million) with specific details to be