Funding & Investment

The record green loan for the data centre, to be built in Singapore, has been supported by a consortium of banks. Crédit Agricole CIB, DBS and ING were the global coordinators and sustainability structuring agents; the loan has an option to convert into a SLL.

As regional regulations ramp up, AllianzGI is increasingly focusing on corporate governance of portfolio companies through tools such as the preannouncement of voting and risk-based engagement.

The US Fed has kept the interest rate unchanged while the US has agreed a 15% tariff rate with South Korea; the BOJ is anticipated to keep interest rates steady this week.

Firms with parent companies overseas in 2024 grew 10% in the city while almost 500,000 have applied to come under talent schemes; in addition, tourism has increased 12% to 24 million in the first six months of this year as the government releases a new business report.

Vinay Bhutra, head of treasury at the Bangalore-based lifestyle firm, discussed with CT the team’s 2023 debut in India’s bond market, and how that inspired its fundraising strategy, as it expands in the Middle East.

The aim of the Austrian manufacturing group subsidiary is to help develop the country's data strategy through creating an integrated circuit substrate facility at Kulim Hi-Tech Park.

Markus Wenker, CFO at Yinson Production, talked to CT about his team’s engagement in the capital markets to diversify its funding base, due to external and internal factors.

As investors start pricing sovereign debt risk into long-term yields, corporate treasurers must rethink duration, diversify currency exposure, and prepare for a world where bond markets –not central banks – set the tone.

Oversubscribed more than 2.8 times, Kingboard Holdings’ latest HK$8 billion green loan highlights strong lender confidence as the company ramps up regional expansion and emissions-cutting investments.

Senior executives from Ayala, Medtecs and BPI, discussed their approach to sustainability at a recent CT event in Manila.

Despite operating in challenging market conditions, loan issuers in Asia continue to support companies across multiple sectors, such as aviation and telecommunications, in their quest to access sustainable finance; CT spoke to corporates and banks about the landscape.

DBS and UOB are providing a $411m loan for a joint project from Singapore data centre developer DayOne and the Indonesia Investment Authority; the aim is to supply 5% of Indonesia’s projected data centre capacity by 2029.