Corporate funding

Vietnam’s FTSE upgrade locked in for September after market reforms

Billionaire Brad Jacobs set up QXO about three years ago to roll up the building products sector.

QXO secures US$1.8 billion financing led by Temasek, Apollo amid building products consolidation

DayOne was known as GDS International or GDSI until a rebranding at the start of 2025.

DayOne Data Centers seeks US$2 billion in upsized funding deal: sources

Trump’s purchases of at least US$82 million include bonds from Netflix, UnitedHealth, Boeing, Meta Platforms, Home Depot, Broadcom and Intel.

Trump buys another US$82 million of corporate and municipal bonds

AI-related investments made up 32 per cent of the private funding raised in South-east Asia in the first half of this year, compared to 30 per cent in the second half of 2024.

Private funding in South-east Asia’s digital economy lags global level: report

Founded in 2013, Databricks makes software for gathering, analysing, and distributing data, an area that has grown hotter in recent years as artificial intelligence has grown more powerful.

Databricks caps US$15 billion fundraise with Meta as new investor

Proceeds will primarily be used to support Yinson Production’s growth, with US$200 million to be used to expand the group’s renewable energy and green technologies businesses, as well as for distributions to shareholders via share buybacks or dividends

Malaysia’s Yinson secures deal with investors including Abu Dhabi for US$1 billion funding

EY notes that investors prefer established insurtech companies with a proven track record amid a general flight to safety.

South-east Asia insurtech deals jump over 4 times to US$2.35 billion in 2023 despite fewer transactions: EY

Singapore leads South-east Asia in startup investments with a total of US$6.1 billion in 2023, even amid a global downturn in funding. But of the US$5.8 billion raised by the region's IPO markets, only US$35 million comes from the city-state.

Bridging the gap in South-east Asia’s capital markets

More survey participants than previously expect corporate credit defaults to rise in the coming months.

Global credit outlook for 2024 worsens, new survey finds