Coal loans to keep Singapore’s DBS tied to the fuel until 2039


SINGAPORE, April 17 (Bloomberg): DBS Group Holdings Ltd. said it will maintain exposure to the coal sector until 2039, by which time its loans to mining and generation companies using the dirtiest fossil fuel will be repaid.

Singapore’s largest lender recognizes the need for transition financing to help industries "gradually navigate away from brown to green,” Tan Su Shan, group head of institutional banking, said in a statement.

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