January 27, 2021
8 ATF BIG PICTURE: STAR Market's stellar 18 months
01 Top Story Hong Kong issues first long green bond
02 ATF TV Future products
Alvin Yeo, ESG analyst at UBS in Hong Kong, looks over the prospects for product innovation after the pandemic
03 Asia Markets
HSI falls 0.3% to 29,297.53, CSI300 climbs 0.1% to 3,573.34 and the Nikkei 225 adds 0.3% to 28,635.21
04 India mulls digital rupee
The Reserve Bank of India said on Monday it plans to explore the possibility of a digital version of rupee, given the increasing adoption of virtual currencies in other parts of the world
05 China's young investors
The number of A-share investors exceeds 175 million and they are getting younger; Nearly a third of accounts are now owned by people aged from 24 to 30
06 Ant to sell eye-scan unit
Reported divestment is latest controversy to hit the financial technology affiliate of Alibaba Group that was forced to cancel a huge initial public offering in 2020
07 US still tough on Huawei
Gina Raimondo pledged to protect US telecom networks from Chinese firms including Huawei and ZTE at her Senate confirmation hearing; with orders to ban TikTok and many other firms from the previous administration, she has plenty on her plate
08 ATF Big Picture
12 STAR Market-listed companies will be added in 'northbound' leg of Stock Connect, marking a likely inclusion on the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS)
