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United Overseas Bank sold its first dollar-denominated AT1 bond this week, managing to widen its investor base after regular appearances in its domestic market.

The head of Thailand’s Bond Market Association tells GlobalMarkets about the potential of blockchain and wider market reforms to increase trading efficiency and help expand the size of its corporate debt market

Standard Chartered has named Abrar Anwar as the new chief executive of its Malaysian business.

Edra Global Energy, the Malaysian power producer formerly affiliated with embattled sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, has started sounding out investors for its IPO.

Malaysia’s Genting Group grabbed an additional $500m on Tuesday from the tap of its debut bond sale earlier this year.

ING has scooped a Deutsche Bank veteran to lead its corporate finance and client coverage divisions in Asia.

Philippines-listed DoubleDragon Properties Corp is gearing up to launch a re-IPO worth Ps7.5bn ($145.6m), aiming the deal firmly at international investors.

United Overseas Bank is making its first foray into the dollar tier one market in more than decade, after approaching investors with an AT1 bond on Wednesday.

Leong Hup International is planning a Malaysia listing that could raise as much as MR2bn ($474m). The company is still firming up the syndicate, according to sources close to the matter.

Malaysian conglomerate Genting Group is looking to add to its inaugural bond sale from earlier this year.

The lead banks on Keppel-KBS US Reit plan to kick off pre-deal investor education for the $500m Singapore IPO towards the second half of this week.

Asian investors have piled into Qudian’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with the $825m fundraising heavily oversubscribed even before it begins roadshows in the US, said bankers.