Singapore

Singapore-based Novena Global Lifecare Group is gunning for a listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange to raise $150m for regional expansion.

Two banks have underwritten a $4.65bn financing package for the acquisition of Singapore’s Global Logistic Properties (GLP) by a consortium of Chinese investors.

Hong Kong-listed China Agri-Products Exchange’s (CAP) rights issue to raise HK$1.3bn ($166.4m) has received "negative feedback" from the city’s bourse and could be rejected.

Singapore Exchange said on Friday that companies with dual-class share (DCS) structures that have a primary listing in developed markets can seek a secondary listing in the city-state.

Standard Chartered has hired a former Barclays banker as an executive director in the Asia DCM syndicate team.

Investors flocked to Parkway Pantai’s senior perpetual offering on Thursday, intrigued by a rare bond from a debut healthcare issuer despite the deal's lack of rating.

DBS Group Holdings made a triumphant debut in the green bond market this week, earning bragging rights for the deal’s heavy placement with bona fide green investors. But there is still a long road ahead before Singaporean issuers flock to the market en masse. Addison Gong reports.

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Healthcare company Parkway Pantai opened books for its inaugural dollar bond on Thursday morning local time, collecting bids for a perpetual non call five year.

Terms are out for a $1.5bn three part loan for commodities trader Trafigura, which invited banks for a roadshow earlier this week.

DBS Group Holdings sold Singapore’s inaugural international green bond on Tuesday in style. The strength of its credit, coupled with the green label and a conducive market backdrop, helped the bank print inside the curves of its global peers.

Commodities trader Trafigura has sent banks a preliminary invitation for an upcoming financing, which market participants reckon will replace a $1.185bn one year loan sealed last October.