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Year: 2020
BUSY DECEMBER FOR ASIAN CAPITAL MARKETS AFTER RECORD 2020 FUND RAISING
Strong financial markets, investor appetite and liquidity are set to make December unusually warm for fundraising…
W.E.F 2021: FROM DAVOS TO SINGAPORE
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of political and business leaders will move from Switzerland to…
MIXED VIEWS FROM ECONOMISTS ON FITCH’S MALAYSIA DOWNGRADE:
Economists have given mixed views on Fitch Ratings’ latest revision of Malaysia’s sovereign rating, with some…
ACTIVISTS DERAIL SINGAPORE REIT M&A
Investors in a Singapore real estate investment trust (REIT) voted down a merger with a larger…
PHILIPPINES RAISES $2.75B IN GLOBAL BONDS
The Philippines raised $2.75 billion (P132 billion) from its second dollar-denominated bond sale this year as…
MALAYSIAN BANKS UNDERSPEND ON FINTECH
Malaysian banks are underspending in technology (tech) and could be challenged by Chinese big tech firms…
SIME DARBY PROPERTY’S RM800M SUKUK MUSHARAKAH
Sime Darby Property Bhd today made its first issuance of Sukuk Musharakah under its RM4.5 billion…
CAGAMAS ISSUES RM2B WORTH OF BOND & SUKUK
Cagamas Bhd has announced its combined issues of RM2 billion in bonds and sukuk. In a…
MEGA M&A TO CREATE ASIA’S NEXT ISLAMIC FINANCE HUB
By Fauziah Rizki Yuniarti, Three Indonesian Islamic Banks signed a merger deal last October aiming to increase the efficiency, performance, and thus competitiveness of…