Southeast Asia
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The nation state is the safest in the world, according to Euromoney Country Risk, but its neighbour Malaysia is heading in the opposite direction. And, at last, it looks like it is India’s time to shine -
Stressed situation in oil and gas exposures weigh on annual results, but CEOs hope to see a wealth management upside
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A year after the country’s new government passed a financial institutions law to modernize a creaking banking system, Yangon’s licensed commercial bankers are still waiting for regulators to implement the reforms and make the system fit for purpose. In the meantime, savvy locals are trying to get on with building a banking industry
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Myanmar’s elite are having to adapt to new realities. For Htoo Htet Tay Za, head of AGD Bank, that means trying to create a modern bank in a backward financial system while battling allegations of cronyism levelled against his family
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Indonesia’s Modernland Realty is preparing for a new US dollar bond this week, following compatriot property issuer Pakuwon Jati’s tightly priced February deal.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp has beefed up its loans distribution team for Asia, in line with its objective to build its capabilities in the business.
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Indonesia Eximbank and State Bank of India each secured $500m bonds on Thursday, offering investors some alternative to the Greater Chinese names that blasted into the market.
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Singapore-based Fullerton Healthcare sealed an inaugural dollar-denominated perpetual from a company in the healthcare sector in Asia, bagging a larger-than-expected $175m from its first dollar outing on Thursday.
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Senior loans banker Sean Joseph left ANZ Bank on Friday, according to a source close to the matter.
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Asia ex-Japan G3 DCM volume reached a new high in the first quarter, with high yield names staging a resurgence. Chinese borrowers dominated the market, but given their deal timing is being tightly regulated, high yield credits from the rest of Asia are jumping into action, buoying sentiment for the next quarter. Addison Gong reports.
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Astra Sedaya Finance (ASF) is targeting Taiwanese bank liquidity for its latest syndicated loan, a $90m amortiser helmed by three banks.
