Singapore

Temasek Holdings returned to the securitization market this week after a two year hiatus to woo investors into private equity funds-backed Astrea IV. Institutional investors are already in the bag. The focus now is on winning over retail accounts — the first time such a deal has been open to the city-state’s public, writes Addison Gong.

Institutional investors piled into Singapore sovereign investment arm Temasek Holdings’ Astrea IV securitization, making the deal almost four times covered. All eyes are now on appetite among retail investors, as it’s the first time a private-equity backed trade is open to the public.

Simon Gagey, the Southeast Asia head of loan syndicate and sales at BNP Paribas, will be relocating to Paris later this month, according to sources.

DBS Group Holdings gave US investors the opportunity to lay their hands on a rare Singaporean bank tier two bond in the 144A format this week, raising $750m despite a crowded primary market.

Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is set to take the securitization market to the next level, seeking three tranches of rated notes worth $500m-equivalent through Astrea IV. A local currency-denominated tranche will also be opened for subscription to retail investors later this week.

Singapore Exchange suffered an unfavourable twist in its Indian futures saga this week, when the Bombay High Court granted an injunction on new derivatives contracts that it had planned to launch next week. But one exchange’s misfortune might be a large asset manager’s opportunity.

David So, an executive director for debt capital markets, Asia Pacific, is leaving Natixis to join a competitor.

Leonard Ng has joined Standard Chartered’s debt capital markets team in Singapore.

Singapore’s Mapletree Logistics Trust raised S$220m ($164m) from a primary offering after pricing the units at the best end of terms for the issuer.

Singapore’s Reit issuers continued to tap the equity market with gusto this week, as CapitaLand Commercial Trust competed a S$217.9m ($162.3m) fundraise while Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust launched a $197.2m rights issue.

Four bankers in Credit Suisse’s Asia Pacific loan syndications and financing group left the firm this month, according to sources close to the situation.

Indian company TVS Logistics Services wants to increase a loan that it launched in November.