AVPN Webinar: Financial Inclusion for Southeast Asia’s Underserved
While over 1.7 billion adults across the globe lack access to financial services, the increased digitisation and innovation of financial services and a rise in mobile platforms has led to an increase of financial inclusion across Asia. Financial service providers such as Kim An Group and Gopay are working to link MSMEs to credit and connect the unbanked and the underbanked to financial services.
AVPN Webinar: Investing in Technology to Enhance Impact in a Post-COVID World
Asia has become a sweet spot for investors and businesses globally. Home to over half of the world’s population, the US$31 trillion economy is fuelled by rapid population growth, increasingly tech-savvy consumers, and a growing digital economy. While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions and uncertainty in the economy, technology and impact investors have remained active and taken a more responsible approach into a more ESG driven portfolio.
AVPN x Circulate Capital: Catalyzing Capital to Advance the Circular Economy and Fight Climate Change in Asia
The circular economy presents a specific and unique opportunity for corporate, private and development finance investors to capture the value of plastic waste as well as to meaningfully mitigate the climate impacts of plastic pollution, especially in Asia. According to Circulate Capital, we could eliminate almost 150 million tonnes of GHG from the environment if […]
Catalysing Impact: Investing in Innovative Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Development
While the pandemic has resulted in disruptions and uncertainty in the market, asset owners, fund managers and impact investors, have remained active and many have undertaken fundraising and investment into a more climate aware portfolio. This event was hosted by AVPN’s Climate Action Platform in partnership with AWR Lloyd Asset Management.
Leveraging Singapore’s Resources and Ecosystem to Grow Your Philanthropy in Asia
Singapore is at a unique juncture to solidify its role as a hub for impact-driven capital and philanthropy in the region. Yet while philanthropists can certainly build on Singapore’s ecosystem and national capabilities to drive their philanthropy in the Asia Pacific, the first steps toward it could be overwhelming. With this in mind, supported by […]
