Asean

Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings on Tuesday sold a three year senior unsecured bond, giving investors a scarce opportunity to buy a fixed rate deal at that tenor and format from one of the highest rated financial institutions in the region.

United Overseas Bank priced on Monday the tightest Basel III-compliant tier two deal from an Asian borrower, setting a new benchmark following the strengthening late last year of the bank resolution regime in its home jurisdiction of Singapore.

Singapore-based loans banker Cho-Teng Kooi has resigned from BNP Paribas, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV), a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Genting Berhad, priced a larger-than-expected $1bn bond on Tuesday, at a level that was more aggressive than market participants had anticipated.

Singapore-listed Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) raised S$200m ($147.9m) from a convertible bond on Tuesday, its first tap of the equity-linked market.

Deutsche Bank has promoted Haitham Ghattas to co-head of its financing and solutions group in Asia Pacific, following Jake Gearhart’s relocation to the US.

Vinmec International General Hospital, a subsidiary of Vingroup, has launched a $300m deal into general syndication after receiving commitments from five banks during senior syndication.

Singapore agricultural commodity company Olam International and its wholly owned subsidiary Olam Treasury have raised the firm's first loan where its funding costs are linked to the digitisation of the company.

Two Malaysian state-backed funds, Employees Provident Fund and Permodalan Nasional Berhad, have raised a £1.5bn ($1.96bn) three year bullet loan to support their acquisition of part of the Battersea Power Station development in London.

Indonesian clothing retailer Map Aktif Adiperkasa (Map Active) has hit the market with an up to Rph5.03tr ($353m) secondary share offering.

A jump in Indonesia Eximbank’s non-performing loan (NPL) ratio caused it to breach a loan covenant, it was revealed this week. Lenders reckon the policy bank is likely to be successful in gaining their consent to waive the covenant, but growing NPLs will make it difficult for other south and southeast Asian borrowers to raise funds, writes Pan Yue.

CMT MTN priced a 10 year bullet bond on Wednesday, raising $300m.