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Entry deadline for the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025 is now extended to September 26, 2025; the awards will celebrate the best deals and firms across Asia Pacific and the Middle East over the last 12 months.

The entry deadline for the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025 has been extended to September 26; the awards will celebrate the best deals and firms across Asia Pacific and the Middle East over the last 12 months; FA's Deal Maker poll is also still open.

Bangladeshi businesses and economists are pressing the government to defer the graduation from the UN’s least developed country (LDC) status. They argue the government needs to consider the impacts on exports, tariffs, loans and patents.

Kulkarni is set to join Citi in December in Singapore to become co-head, Citi investment banking for Japan, Asia North, Australia, and Asia South, serving alongside Jan Metzger.

Banks are looking to overhaul risk frameworks as US tariff actions collide with Asia’s export dependence. Experts shared their views on how regulators are embedding geopolitical shocks into stress scenarios, while banks turn to tech and client engagement to prepare for strains likely to surface in 2026.

The deal for 50% of Bluegrass Business Park, which is worth $280m, includes an under-construction office tower and a one-million square foot tower leased to Mastercard.

Singapore-based Phua has become head of markets solutions under cluster sales, Asia North and Asia South, for clients of Citi Commercial Bank.

The financing is the largest foreign direct investment in Pakistan's history and is expected to help create the world's fifth largest copper mine in Chagai, which is expected to start producing copper in 2028.

Jig Patel has previously helped build out Goldman Sachs' Asia prime business; the bank is looking to increase its prime headcount in the region by up to 10%.