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INDONESIA COULD BE ASIA’S NEXT ISLAMIC FINANCE HUB
Indonesia ended 2020 with record highs in Islamic finance development, with the State of the Global…
PTT OIL & RETAIL PRICES ITS US$1.8 BILLION (THB54B) IPO
PTT Plc, the country’s largest oil-and-gas company, has priced an initial public offering (IPO) for its…
SIA ISSUES US$500 million USD BONDS
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised US$500 million (S$660 million) in its first US dollar bond issue,…
FOREIGN INVESTORS EXITING THAI BOND MARKET
Foreign investors are expected to keep steering clear of the Thai bond market in 2021 after…
SIGH OF RELIEF AS ECO-WORLD-UEM SUNRISE M&A CALLED OFF
EcoWorld Development Berhad said today it is no longer pursuing the proposed merger with UEM Sunrise…
CFO POLL: SOUTHEAST ASIA
In an extended two-month poll beginning in early December 2020, we have put together the top…
PSE: 8 COMPANIES JOIN LIST OF SHARIAH COMPLIANT COMPANIES
THE PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has included eight new securities that are compliant with Islamic…
PHILIPPINES MOBILE WALLET GCASH RAISES OVER US$175 MILLION
Philippine mobile wallet GCash has raised more than US$175 million in capital from New York-based private…
BITCOIN: WHY THE PRICE HAS EXPLODED – AND WHERE IT GOES FROM HERE
BY Andrew Urquhart Bitcoin achieved a remarkable rise in 2020 in spite of many things that…
FINTECH M&A MAY AFFECT COMPETITION AMONG ASEAN BANKS
Recent acquisitions of small banks in Indonesia by technology firms have highlighted the potential for fintech…