Singapore

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.

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust has launched an offering of new shares, eyeing S$1.2bn ($891.6m) to fund acquisitions across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company (Spac) Tiga Acquisition Corp has set in motion a $200m listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Standard Chartered has appointed Michael Spiegel as global head of transaction banking, succeeding Lisa Robins, who is retiring from the banking industry.

Commodities trading company Glencore Agriculture is making its loan debut in Asia, seeking $300m from the syndication market as a way to establish itself in the region and show its independence from its parent. The thin pricing on offer means only banks keen to build a relationship with the company in the hope of getting ancillary business will jump in, writes Pan Yue.

MUFG Securities Asia has hired Shailesh Venkatraman for a newly-created position leading DCM origination for south and southeast Asia.

Deutsche Bank has grown its environmental, social and governance (ESG) team in Asia Pacific with a new hire.