Singapore

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.

Promoting RMB internationalisation is necessary for China to safeguard its national security, Anthony Leung, chairman and CEO of Nan Fung Group and former financial secretary of Hong Kong, told the Asian Financial Forum on January 16.

Trafigura’s Singaporean entity Trafigura Pte launched a $4.5bn revolving credit facility on Monday to refinance two loans taken out over the last two years.

In the latest Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse puts the Singapore Exchange's proposal on quarterly reporting by companies under the microscope.