Asean

An undisclosed institutional investor has bagged MR663.6m ($158.5m) from offloading its entire position in Malaysian plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong.

ING has appointed a new branch manager of Singapore, replacing Catherine Low who has taken on a different position at the bank.

The Ministry of Finance of the Lao PDR is inviting banks to join a €135m five year loan that Credit Suisse pre-funded in June.

Asset World Corp, the property and hospitality firm, has raised Bt48bn ($1.57bn) from Thailand’s largest IPO by a private company.

AllHome Corp, a home building and furnishing materials company, priced its Ps12.9bn ($248.8m) IPO this week, riding a wave of local and international demand for its high growth story.

Singapore-listed Mapletree Commercial Trust is planning to raise S$874.8m ($632.9m) from the sale of new equity to part-fund a local acquisition.

Singapore’s credentials as Asia’s hub for real estate investment trusts were underlined this week, as an ideal market backdrop triggered a burst of Reit activity. With Lendlease Reit scooping up S$740.3m ($536.5m) from its hugely popular IPO, and more deals on the way, the Lion City offers big opportunities, writes Jonathan Breen.

Malaysia's CIMB Bank used Taiwan’s Formosa market to sell a $680m bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), giving the borrower a pricing advantage over the international debt market.

Commodities company Mercuria has returned for its annual outing to the syndicated loan market, and is seeking $1bn from a four-tranche borrowing.

In less than a decade, Myanmar has gone from a mysterious country shut off from the outside world to a burgeoning frontier market with plenty of investment opportunities. The government has made tremendous strides, opening up to outside money. But for Myanmar to become a real success story, it needs to fully welcome foreign capital.

Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Institution has closed its syndicated loan at a larger size of $180m.

Investors ploughed into Lendlease Global Real Estate Investment Trust’s S$740.3m ($538.1m) IPO in Singapore, attracted to the potential yields on offer amid a low interest rate environment.