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Off-balance sheet income is driving global banks’ Q3 earnings, a McKinsey report has found, but to sustain growth momentum, Asia’s institutions will need to overhaul inefficiencies.

The $930 million facility has been arranged against the firm’s real estate portfolio, marking the largest loan of its kind to Australia’s logistics and industrial sector.

Gokul Laroia speaks exclusively to FinanceAsia about his 26-year career at the bank and his strategic vision for the future of its Asia Pacific presence.

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

Time spent with global investors allowed the central Asian republic to slash funding costs and refocus the economy away from coal while paving way for a future issuance.

The music platform shrugged off souring relations between China and the US, and hit all of the right notes with its two-part bond deal.

The technology giant has sold a $6 billion four-tranche bond which pushes its curve out to 40 years as it plans massive investment in technology infrastructure.

The international hunt for yield has helped the Philippines sell its largest-ever offshore bond, but despite a ratings upgrade by S&P, it must balance fiscal easing with a balanced currency.

China's bank capital issuers didn't really give a fig for the offshore markets in 2019. Will their attitude change in 2020?