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The Australian regulator has cited four proceedings at the bank spanning misconduct across ANZ's institutional and retail divisions, including over the management of a A$14bn government bond issue; ANZ, which is cutting 3,500 jobs, has admitted to "unconscionable conduct" and apologised.

The fund is aiming to catalyse Oman’s energy transformation and economic diversification under Oman Vision 2040; alternative asset manager Templewater, which has offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, has also set-up an office in Muscat.

CICC was the lead global coordinator on the Rmb2bn dim sum bond issuance with a yield of 3.35%; the bonds, which are becoming increasingly popular, were listed on the HKEX and will be used for Belt & Road initiatives.

The loan will finance Thaicom's Space Tech Innovation’s contract with France’s Airbus Defence & Space to manufacture a software-defined high throughput satellite.

The funds were raised to further support the firm’s cleaner energy supply to remote mining sites across Australia; this is the first debt fundraising from Octa Group.

The sustainability linked financing covers greenfield and operational assets across Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and involved a consortium of 60 banks. The financing comes after Blackstone and CPPIB's acquisition of the group last year.

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.

The €2.85bn deal will expand the French gas giant's presence in Asia; the acquisition is being financed by a bridge loan and will be (re)financed by bond issues.

There is a delay in guarantor Guotai Haitong’s business combination with Haitong Securities.