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Bangkok Bank has sold a chunk of its stock in Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund, raising Bt4.4bn ($140.7m) after boosting the size of the trade.

China’s indebted HNA Group has dropped plans to list a real estate investment trust in Singapore, months after Bank of America Merrill Lynch left the project.

High grade loans bankers are predicting a flood of refinancing and amend and extend exercises in February, as earnings blackouts end and deals that have sputtered early this year push through the market.

The Republic of Indonesia is meeting investors around the world to market what will be Asia's first sovereign green debt sale.

BAML’s Zaman off to the US — Citi’s Duffy leaves senior ECM role – StanChart names global strategy head

Indonesia’s Soechi Lines finally succeeded in selling a dollar bond this week, after multiple attempts to grab international investors’ attention.

A $310m two-part borrowing to support Malaysian surgical glove maker Top Glove Corp’s acquisition of Aspion has received two commitments.

Standard Chartered has appointed Lucy Taylor-Smith as global head of strategy, it said in a release on Wednesday.

Indonesia’s Medco Energi Internasional and China’s GCL New Energy Holdings bagged $500m each from debt investors on Tuesday, showing the appeal of the commodities and renewable industries.

Frasers Commercial Trust topped up its equity capital on Tuesday with a S$100m ($76.1m) placement of new units, boosted on the back of strong demand.

Indonesian construction services company Wijaya Karya sealed a Rph5.4tr ($404.7m) offshore rupiah bond on Monday, a key deal in the opening up of the Komodo bond market.

Komodo bonds — offshore Indonesian rupiah bonds — are finally sputtering into life. This week, the second such deal by an Indonesian company has shown their potential. But don’t count your dragons before they hatch. The market will always be limited — and that’s a good thing.