Singapore

DBS Group Holdings navigated choppy market conditions for its first tier two dollar bond in more than two years on Monday, using its strong credentials and rarity value to its advantage.

Singapore real estate company United Industrial Corp has raised a $300m loan comprising both green and sustainability-linked tranches, adding further momentum to the nascent asset class in Asia.

DBS Group Holdings has named a new Malaysia head and made a senior appointment in Singapore.

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GLP, a Singapore-headquartered logistics facilities operator, has raised a $658m sustainability-linked loan.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Brussels-based Euroclear Bank have teamed up to launch a new bond structure in Asia.

Taiwanese leasing company Chailease International Finance Corp has made a quick return to the loan market through its Singapore entity.

Standard Chartered has made two appointments to its corporate, commercial and institutional banking (CCIB) business in Singapore.

Thai Beverage is preparing to spin off and list its brewery business, BeerCo, on the Singapore Exchange in a deal expected to raise as much as $2bn.

Sustainability-linked bonds conquered a new investor base this week, as the instrument spreads rapidly around the world. Surbana Jurong, an architecture and engineering consultancy indirectly owned by the Singapore government, brought the first such instrument to the Singapore dollar market, where it aroused keen interest.

The march of sustainability-linked bonds continued on Wednesday, as Surbana Jurong, the architecture and engineering consultancy that has built more than 1m homes in Singapore, launched the first such deal in Singapore dollars and one of the first in Asia. It also comes from a new sector.

JP Morgan’s head of southeast Asia equity capital markets has resigned, according to a source familiar with the matter.