Recent deals have involved hotel, food delivery and energy assets from firms in Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand. Japanese corporates are seeking diversification in western markets.

The global commodities giant upsized the offering by $137m due to demand.

Despite growing investor confidence, a challenging fundraising environment in the region persists. The role of AI in deals is gaining in importance.

Advancing its portfolio rejuvenation strategy, CLAR is expanding its logistics and business space presence in Singapore while marking a strategic entry into the Japanese hyperscale data centre market with three DPU-accretive transactions.

At this year’s Two Sessions, Beijing has indicated it is slowing GDP growth to “high quality development”; rapid AI innovation is set to spur modernisation.

The Rava Partners-backed platform adds 550 keys across eight prime Tokyo districts, boosting its global AUM to over $1.1bn as institutional appetite for Japan’s rental housing sector intensifies.

Atanu Chakraborty has tendered his resignation from the Indian bank as the central bank looks to reassure investors.

As investors show more confidence in China's onshore bond market, Singapore's UOB priced a three-year panda bond at 1.83% on March 18, while Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas also issued panda bonds worth over Rmb5bn this month.

Across four tranches, it the Singapore firm's inaugural Australian issuance and continues the infrastructure platform's fundraising momentum with its largest private placement.

With the HKMA close to issuing licences, yuan-linked stablecoins could help boost the internationalisation of the Chinese currency.