Southeast Asia

Maybank’s investment banking arm has hired equity capital markets banker Abhishek Bakshi from rival CIMB, according to a source familiar with the matter.

SC Health Corp has begun the process of listing on the New York Stock Exchange, filing an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Indonesian firm Soho Global Health has lined up a trio of bookrunners for a potential IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust has raised €150m from a share placement that was oversubscribed, allowing the issuer to exercise an increase option.

Investors swarmed Philippine National Bank’s (PNB) $750m bond sale, as they sought out diversity in a market overrun with Chinese paper.

Maybank completed its second Rmb2bn ($291.5m) Belt and Road Panda trade on Thursday, pricing both tranches at the bottom of the price range.

Malaysia’s utilities and infrastructure company Malakoff Corp has launched a A$140m ($96.8m) refinancing loan into general syndication.

Singapore-listed Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is planning to raise up to €102.17m ($115.3m) through an equity placement to fund the purchase of six properties in France and Poland.

Thailand saw a burst of block trades this week as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund cleaned up its position in local property developer Land & Houses and BTS Group Holdings sold a chunk of VGI Global Media stock.

HSBC has appointed Alexander Malloch as head of its international subsidiary banking (ISB) business in Thailand.

ESR-Reit, a real estate investment trust, has raised S$150m ($109.4m) from a combined placement and preferential offering of new units.

Maybank plans to return to the Chinese debt market on Wednesday with a Rmb2bn ($289m) Panda bond offering after a two-year hiatus. This time around, the Malaysian lender has roped in a policy bank as the trade’s lead underwriter.