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After surpassing a shareholder threshold for an offer from chairman Reinold Geiger, L’Occitane International will apply to suspend dealings in the shares from August 7.

Group chief executive officer P. Murlidhar (Murli) Maiya recently discussed the infrastructure debt financing landscape and its scalability with FinanceAsia.

Nathalie Beauvir has been promoted to head the sustainable transitions department looking at ESG and CSR. Meanwhile, a fixed income portfolio manager will soon join Ostrum AM in Asia, FA has learned.

Editorial board member, Sunil Veetil shared with FinanceAsia his observations of the current sustainability landscape and discussed the climate-conscious innovations that Asia’s market participants can look forward to over the long term.

Google invests in BlackRock-owned NGP to accelerate new energy electricity grid in Taiwan and to achieve its clean energy goals.

Industrial continues to be Hines’ key focus in Singapore with high rent and capital value growth. Ground up development might be next as the developer eyes more opportunities alongside its Japanese partners.

A strong debut last week by jewellery retailer Laopu Gold has put the spring back into the step of Hong Kong’s hitherto lacklustre IPO market. Can it last?

The $600m 10-year subordinated corporate bond was issued through a special purpose vehicle set up in Singapore.