Singapore

A group of employees from Vincom Retail have raised Dong 4.51tr ($197.5m) after they sold a block of the company’s shares, upsizing the offer on the back of strong institutional demand.

The mayhem reverberating through global equity markets pushed shares of Ascendas India Trust down to a new 52-week low, after the firm raised S$100m ($76m) from an overnight placement.

Singapore and Malaysia's market watchdogs are setting up an equity trading link between their bourses. They are planning to go live by the end of the year.

Singapore's GLP will approach Chinese investors on Monday with a nine year Panda bond, one of the longest-dated deals ever to feature in the asset class.

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.

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

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

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.

Singapore's SingHaiyi Group will go ahead with a rights offering to raise S$143.5m ($108.9m) after receiving regulatory approval, the company has said.

China’s FX watchdog tells corporates to prepare for more volatility in the RMB exchange rate, the chief of China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) criticises illegal activities in the banking sector, and a domestic Chinese credit rating agency moves US sovereign rating as a result of the recent tax cut.

South Korean mobile messaging platform Kakao Corp raised $1bn this week from an issue of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), defying fears it would suffer from its link to a cryptocurrency exchange.