Funding & Investment

The private healthcare firm has rebuilt its treasury architecture to prioritise liquidity mobility, policy-driven hedging and system-led control amid rate volatility and fragmented capital markets. CT spoke with Manjiv Dodanwela, the firm's transformation lead for group treasury.

The logistics and real estate business, which has operations in Singapore and Japan, raised S$1.2bn on the main exchange but listed in a difficult week for equities amid war in the Middle East.

AirTrunk’s TOK1 hyperscale data centre campus in East Tokyo is scalable to over 300MW of capacity towards Japan's overall cloud and AI investment ambitions; 12 banks were involved in the deal.

The 0.25% cut comes as the Thai baht has been appreciating against the US dollar; the Bank also warned about elevated borrowing costs for SMEs.

After 3.5% GDP growth in 2025, finance secretary Paul Chan offered support for SMEs, residents, treasury centres, AI hubs and the Northern Metropolis; there is also stamp duty relief for the intra-group transfer of assets.

MAS is expected to take a balanced monetary stance in the months ahead; the FY 2026 Budget included a 40% corporate income tax refund for the 2026 year of assessment.

As India continues its sustainability push, the renewable firm has issued the senior secured green bonds at 6.5% due 2031; the US dollar bond shows how the international financial centre is evolving.

Following the final outcome, political stability could boost sectors such as healthcare, tourism, consumer finance, and industrial estates, with net inflows of foreign investment set to boost The Stock Exchange of Thailand, according to analysts.

The RBA’s target for inflation is 2.5% while year-ended headline inflation was 3.6% and underlying inflation was 3.4%.

Last year’s regional rebound in public offerings looks set to continue well into 2026 as firms take advantage of increasingly favourable market conditions, with markets such as India and Hong Kong standing out. Paul Golden spoke to market experts.

The MTR has had a presence in Australia since 2009; the offering was six times oversubscribed.

PLN is planning to issue two tranches of senior unsecured dollar notes under a newly established $15bn programme.