Singapore
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Yanlord Land Group offered a welcome bit of supply in Asia’s otherwise tepid bond market this week, breaking the silence to raise $400m from just its third dollar deal in eight years.
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Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) enjoyed a rare outing in the dollar bond market on Tuesday, nabbing $750m. Morgan Davis reports.
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Syndicated loans banker Marilyn Fung has joined Standard Chartered’s loan syndication team in Singapore.
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Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (April), a subsidiary of Royal Golden Eagle, has made a quick return to the loan market for a self-arranged borrowing of up to $1bn.
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CapitaLand Retail China Trust raised S$154.3m ($112.6m) on Thursday from a placement of new units, done alongside a preferential offering to existing shareholders.
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Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust has raised S$258.1m ($188.4m) after sealing a new unit placement at the top of price guidance, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Temasek Holdings-backed Fullerton India Credit Company has invited banks to join a $250m debut borrowing.
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As the market prepares for Libors to end their run as the world’s most prevalent reference rates, there is growing support for the benchmarks to be reprieved.
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ANZ has named Vishnu Shahaney as the new head of Southeast Asia, India and Middle East, and the country head for Singapore.
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Singaporean commodities company Trafigura has returned to the loan market for its annual borrowing, seeking a $1bn-equivalent to test the market’s appetite for the deal.
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Singapore-listed real estate company CapitaLand Commercial Trust has raised S$220m ($162m) from a private placement to fund an acquisition in Germany.
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Ilfryn Carstairs, global chief investment officer at alternative investor Värde Partners, will become co-CEO from next year, while keeping his co-CIO title.