GC2025 Insights: Catalysing Asia’s Finance for People and Planet

In the following episodes, we bring you insights from this year’s AVPN Global Conference (“GC2025”), held September 9-11 in Hong Kong. There will be episodes highlighting thought leadership from prominent speakers. This includes snippets from speeches and special features of our speakers on Impact Investing Day (September 10).In this episode, Dato’ Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, shares his keynote on “Catalysing Asia’s Finance for People and Planet”. He reflects on where Asia stands in the Asian Century and what it will take for the region to build prosperity “without regret” - growth that is inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Drawing on ASEAN’s momentum, the region’s deep pools of long-term and Islamic capital, and the need for stronger ecosystems and enabling platforms, he outlines how Asia can mobilise finance to meet today’s development and climate challenges.Listeners will gain insights into:How Asia’s economic gravity is shifting east, and why ASEAN is becoming a resilient and strategic growth engineWhy Asia’s long-term capital - pension systems, sovereign wealth, and Islamic finance - offers a strong foundation for financing sustainable developmentHow inclusive productivity platforms and ecosystem-based approaches can help scale impact across the region