AGP Executive Report
Last update: 23 minutes agoBrunei’s Sukuk Push: A Brunei Darussalam Capital Market Development seminar on “An Introduction to Sukuk Issuance” drew nearly 100 participants, with officials urging wider corporate participation to strengthen the capital market ecosystem and spotlight sukuk as an alternative financing tool. Climate-Tech Funding (Brunei link): Temasek Trust-backed C3H helped lead Neocrete’s $3.5m funding round to scale concrete decarbonisation; Brunei’s Readymix Brunei is already using the additives to cut embodied carbon and is set to apply the tech to the Muara Port redevelopment. Royal Household Update: Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has stripped his daughter-in-law, Pengiran Raabi’atul Adawiyyah, of royal titles for “unbecoming” conduct and “lack of respect,” with no further details released. Regional Security Watch: China’s PLA Navy Task Force 83 returned after far-sea training and visits including Brunei, while separate reporting highlights rising militarisation risks across contested waters. Trade & Logistics Cost Pressure: Maersk raised peak season container surcharges affecting shipments to Maldives and Sri Lanka, with Brunei listed among the origins covered.
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