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Asia’s impact investing gains traction as institutional players step up

As investors look beyond financial returns, senior leaders from Temasek, District Capital, UBS and the Center for Impact Investing and Practices, recently shared their views in Singapore at the Tideline Compass Series Panel.

February 25, 2025

Australia's landmark A$7bn bond issuance to propel green projects

Investors from Asia and Europe were on the oversubscribed deal, which was managed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, NAB, UBS and Westpac. Proceeds will be used for projects such as hydrogen hubs.

June 04, 2024

Clyde & Co. eyes arbitration claims against Switzerland for Credit Suisse AT1 bondholders

Claims would be based on a breach of international investment agreements, and launched on behalf of Credit Suisse’s AT1 investors from jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the UAE.

March 25, 2024

Deal of the month: Ryman Healthcare’s NZ$902 million Paitreo equity raise

UBS and Macquarie’s Australasia-based teams advised the aged care firm on use of proceeds for its recent equity raise, new capital structure and related disclosure considerations.

July 04, 2023

UBS-Credit Suisse merger leads to $17 billion AT1 bond wipeout

The deal exposes the risks associated with the high yield securities and is likely to make bank borrowing through bonds more expensive in the short term.

March 21, 2023

UBS appoints Japan research co-heads

Kenji Yasui and Jaime Manzone will retain their current roles in addition to their new responsibilities.

January 24, 2022

UBS appoints head of ESG advisory for APAC

Brendan Tu re-joins the bank after a stint at electronics manufacturer Foxconn.

January 04, 2022

UBS appoints head of TMT for Southeast Asia and India

UBS plans to advance its New Economy strategy with a new Hong Kong-based appointment.

September 14, 2021

Philippines succeeds with opportunistic benchmark bond

With its third bond issue this year, the sovereign captured a favourable market window and is seen as unlikely to return in early 2021.

December 09, 2020

UOB reopens Singapore’s covered bond market

In the first such issue from Singapore since 2018, UOB has brought a covered bond that is not only the city-state’s largest ever, it is also its first with a negative yield.

December 02, 2020