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Singapore a capital-raising hotspot for European banks

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Published Wed, Jul 3, 2019 · 09:50 PM
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    SINGAPORE has become the go-to market in Asia for European banks needing to beef up their capital to comply with regulatory requirements.

    So far this year European banks have sold almost S$3 billion of debt in the Singapore dollar bond market, up from S$850 million in 2015.

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