Singapore

Vistas Media Acquisition Co (VMAC) has raised $100m after listing on the Nasdaq. It plans to use the funds for M&A in the media and entertainment industry.

Singapore oil trading company Winson Group is planning to extend by one year a loan signed in 2019.

GLP and First Abu Dhabi Bank both tapped investors in the renminbi bond market on Thursday. The Singapore-based logistics facilities provider took Rmb200m ($28.6m) from a Panda while the Middle Eastern firm headed to the Formosa market.

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Singaporean property company UOL Group has raised a $120m green loan that will help fund the transformation of one of its hotels into a green building.

Singaporean commodities company Trafigura has returned to the loan market for its annual borrowing, seeking a $1bn-equivalent dual-currency deal.

GLP, a Singapore-headquartered global logistics facilities provider, sold a Rmb2bn ($286m) Panda bond on Wednesday. The company, once a frequent issuer in the onshore renminbi market, returned after a long absence.

Singapore’s stock exchange and Nasdaq have extended a partnership for dual listings on the bourses with an agreement to co-operate on regulatory matters.

A veteran Citi banker who had been with the US firm for nearly two decades has joined CMB International Singapore.

Olam International has made a quick return to the loan market, raising a ¥25bn ($233m) Samurai facility.

HSBC has hired two bankers from Deutsche Bank in Singapore to boost its equities business in southeast Asia.

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