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United Overseas Bank revitalised the moribund Singaporean covered bond market on Tuesday with the first euro deal in two years and the largest from a Singaporean issuer. The bonds attracted record demand and were priced inside UOB’s curve, showing the extraordinarily receptive state of the market.

Singapore-based Tiga Acquisition Corp has raised $240m after increasing the size of its New York Stock Exchange IPO.

United Overseas Bank has mandated leads for the first euro covered bond benchmark from a Singapore lender since September 2018. The deal takes advantage of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) recent decision to increase covered bond issuance capacity.

Vietnam’s Masan Group Corp has signed a $200m loan with four banks to support a capital injection into a subsidiary.

Philippine company AC Energy found good support for a $300m fixed-for-life green perpetual bond on Wednesday, with demand from existing and new investors, as well as domestic fund managers.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank is set to merge with DBS Bank’s operations in India, under a central bank plan to save the cash-strapped local lender.

CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) took advantage of strong investor demand for its placement to fully exercise a greenshoe option and raise S$245.4m ($182.8m) on Tuesday.

CapitaLand Retail China Trust is tapping equity investors for S$300m ($223.16m) to fund a spate of property acquisitions.

Flag-carrier Singapore Airlines issued a S$850m ($629.6m) convertible bond this week, taking advantage of a surge in equity markets to signal confidence to investors.

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust has tapped the equity market for S$1.19bn ($887.7m) to finance a global purchasing spree.

Singapore-based FKS Food & Agriculture has closed a $255m-equivalent dual currency deal with eight lenders.

ARA Asset Management and property company Chelsfield have raised a S$385.8m ($286m) green loan to finance the acquisition and renovation of 5One Central, a commercial building in Singapore.