Fund Raising

Equity raising

Biolidics issues 17.9 mil shares in placement exercise to raise $3.1 mil

Biolidics issues 17.9 mil shares at 17.5 cents per share in placement exercise to raise $3.1 mil

Grab raises US$850 mil to expand into financial services

The sum includes US$706 million from MUFG, Japan’s largest bank, and US$150 million from TIS, a provider of data center and cloud services, according to joint statements from the companies.

In print this week

What's behind Alibaba’s quest to raise US$30 billion?

SINGAPORE (Aug 12): Why would a hugely profitable, cash-flush firm raise more money than has ever been raised by a listed company? That is the question befuddling investors. Hangzhou-based, New York-listed e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding, China

Tech

What's behind Alibaba’s quest to raise US$30 billion?

SINGAPORE (Aug 12): Why would a hugely profitable, cash-flush firm raise more money than has ever been raised by a listed company? That is the question befuddling investors. Hangzhou-based, New York-listed e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding, China

Equity raising

Frasers Centrepoint Trust in equity fund raising for at least $422 mil

SINGAPORE (May 16): The manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) has proposed an equity fund raising to raise gross proceeds of no less than $421.7 million.

Disruption and Digitalisation

Grab explores spinning off financial services business: sources

SINGAPORE (May 8): Singapore-based ride-hailing company Grab has mandated a few banks to approach potential investors to take minority stakes in its financial services business as it looks to spin off the unit, according to two people familiar with the ma

Results

First Sponsor posts 39% increase in 1Q earnings to $23.8 mil; to launch rights issue of perps

SINGAPORE (Apr 25): First Sponsor Group announced that its 1Q19 earnings increased 39% to $23.8 million, compared to $17.1 million in 1Q18.

Equity raising

Uni-Asia selling 5.4 mil new shares at $1.08 each for property investment

SINGAPORE (Mar 27): Uni-Asia Group has entered into a placement agreement with Maybank Kim Eng Securities to issue up to about 5.42 million new ordinary shares in the company at $1.08 each.

FLT says 152 mil new units sold to raise $147 mil in preferential offering

SINGAPORE (June 11): Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust (FLT) announced that about 152 million preferential offering new units were issued at 96.7 cents per unit, raising approximately $147.1 million.

Broker's Calls

A vote of confidence for Moya

SINGAPORE (June 5): RHB is maintaining its “buy” call on Moya Holdings with a target price of 14 cents.
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