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- Reuters
Morning Bid: Global yield spike saps risk appetite
A remarkably light economic data and events calendar in Asia on Thursday will allow investors to chew over the rise in U.S. and global bond yields that appears to be gathering pace, strengthening the dollar and tightening financial conditions. The MSCI World equity index fell 1% on Wednesday and the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index slumped 1.6%, its biggest fall in six weeks. Reserve Bank of Australia's deputy governor Sarah Hunter is scheduled to speak, Australian home building approvals data will be released and Taiwan revises first quarter GDP.
- Zacks
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- South China Morning Post
Climate change: Hong Kong, mainland China firms trail regional peers for credibility of emissions targets, MSCI study finds
Hong Kong and mainland China's big listed companies have underperformed their peers in the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to the credibility of their environmental targets and disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to supply chain partners, according to new research. Only 1 per cent of 70 large-cap Hong Kong-listed firms that are included in the MSCI AC Asia-Pacific IMI index have set greenhouse gas reduction targets considered "fully" credible, according to a report by MSCI ESG Re
