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Pisit Serewiwattana – President, EXIM Thailand
Established in 1993, the Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), is a state-owned specialised financial institution.…
Fokion C. Karavias – CEO, Eurobank Ergasias
After several reincarnations since its launch as Euromerchant Bank in 1990, Eurobank has established itself as…
Quorn owners expect healthy return from Philippines IPO
Monde Nissin, the Manila-based owners of Quorn Foods and manufacturers of the hugely popular Lucky Me!…
Italy sovereign green bonds hit jackpot
Italy’s first sovereign green bonds raised a record $8.5bn from the sustainable debt market today, with…
Two more Indian unicorns join growing herd
Two Indian unicorns this week joined the growing number of subcontinental startups with valuations of over…
Delayed Air India privatisation rescheduled for next year
India’s debt-laden flagship national carrier Air India is to be privatised by the end of next…
Euronext IPO challenges Sunak’s Big Bang 2.0 theory
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s assertion earlier this week that Brexit could trigger a ‘Big Bang 2.0…
Ozon IPO soars as Russian retail investors just keeps on coming
The value of funds that Russian retail investors are channelling through brokerage accounts rose by $17.3…
Full Truck Alliance raises $1.7bn as Uber meets Silk Road
Full Truck Alliance, the Chinese ground transport ‘Uber-for-trucks’ online platform, announced earlier today that it has…
Ant IPO suspension gives investors reality check
Ant IPO suspended: The $37bn dual listing of Alibaba Group’s spin-off Ant Group was called off…
Ant Group all set for world’s biggest IPO
Jack Ma’s Ant Group was all set to launch the world’s largest ever stock market debut…
Foreign investors help Chinese shares hit $10 trillion
Chinese shares surged at the start of the week to take their combined value to over…
Renminbi surge flags long-term power shift
Despite dips in February and May, China’s renminbi currency has been generally stable over the past…
Money’s a hit for BTS in S Korean IPO frenzy
It may not have started out about the money, but the seven members of BTS, South…
Brexit deadlock scares off JP Morgan
JP Morgan was yesterday said to be in the process of transferring about €200bn from Britain…
Buffett bets on Japan just as Abe bows out
Warren Buffett builds up stakes in Japan's five trading houses in the same week that PM…
Mongolia joins ADB currency-linked bond wagon
Mongolia has raised $7m development capital through an ADB currency-linked bond issue for a sustainable milk…
Hong Kong crisis makes Tokyo walk the line
Japan wants to use the Hong Kong crisis to persuade its bankers to mover to Tokyo,…
Pandemic and environmentalists put pressure on New Silk Road
Governments want China to restructure, delay repayments or forgive tens of billions of dollars of loans…
Singapore virtual banking auction may add to Hong Kong’s woes
Singapore may increasingly come to be seen as an alternative financial centre of choice to Hong…
Tencent boss Pony Ma climbs Forbes rich list in rise and rise of e-commerce
With Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wresting top spot in the Forbes rich list from Microsoft’s Bill Gates …
China pips India in battle for stake in Dakha Stock Exchange
This week’s announcement from Bangladesh that it had rejected a bid for a 25% stake in…
China puts weight behind AIFC and Kazakh plans for regional financial hub
Kazakhstan’s ambitions to establish the Astana International Financial Centre’s (AIFC) as a banking and investment hub…