UNTANGLING LIBOR COMPLEXITY? INSTITUTIONS NEED A BLUEPRINT TO FOLLOW

By John Berven, Director of APAC, Solidatus After the turmoil of 2020, many in finance would…

ASIAN BONDS RISE FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH

Asian bonds received inflows for the sixth consecutive month in November, helped by optimism over the…

DBP ISSUES P21B BOND

State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) listed P21 billion worth of two-year peso-denominated bonds on…

14TH DEAL & SOLUTION AWARDS

(Wednesday, 9 December 2020): A record number of submissions were received from across the region this…

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…

THAILAND’S SEC: CRITICAL CAPITAL MARKET CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED

Pichit Akrathit, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, centre left, and Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, SEC secretary-general,…

TRIS RATING LAUNCHES GREEN BOND VERIFIER

Tris Rating has launched a local green bond verifier, certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative, as…

THAI CENTRAL BANK EXAMINING DEBT WAHREHOUSING

The Bank of Thailand has been studying a warehousing concept that allows commercial banks to sell…