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The Japanese accommodation developer and fund manager has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Australia and New Zealand student accommodation firm from Pamoja Capital.

Ruminant Biotech, a New Zealand-based tech business looking to reduce methane emissions from pasture-based livestock, has raised around $9.5m in a Series A fundraising.

Read on for the winners of the 29th iteration of the FinanceAsia Awards, across Australia and New Zealand.

Sydney-based Ben Connolly will step up from his real estate role, while Philippe Perzi will join from Goldman Sachs where he was managing director and head of FIG.

The bank has made several appointments across markets' sales, asset-backed securitisation & financing, G10 rates trading and corporate access.

The new environmental futures’ contracts are designed to support liquidity amid the energy transition to net zero.

David Bailey will return to Australia from his current role as head of Citi’s cross border capital markets in New York.

Cristina Chang will lead Citi ANZ’s markets business while retaining her role as head of asset backed financing, spread products, Asia North, Australia and South Asia.

In a challenging fundraising environment, a combination of overseas and local investment is positioning itself to spur some of the most innovative climate tech start-ups in Australia and New Zealand.