Sam Robinson

A forward-looking conversation on Singapore’s equities market took center stage at the BofA Singapore EES Client Roundtable 2025. 🔥   Earlier this week, BofA Securities hosted the Singapore EES Client Roundtable 2025, convening an evening of discussion amongst the institutional trading community. A key highlight was the fireside chat between our Head of Equities, Yao Loong Ng and Michael Bok, Head of Trading, Asia at Schroders.   The conversation offered a grounded yet forward-looking view of Singapore’s capital markets, advocating for a more collaborative ecosystem to attract high-quality listings and encourage greater market vibrancy.   Retail investors featured prominently in the dialogue. Their growing influence is reshaping market dynamics, and SGX is responding with initiatives aimed at improving accessibility — such as partnerships with intermediaries, digital dissemination of research reports through the GEMS grant, and efforts to upgrade the remisier profession.   Momentum in the small- and mid-caps continues to build, supported by six consecutive months of net institutional purchasing. In July alone, liquidity of the segment nearly doubled, largely driven by retail participation.    The session underscored a shared commitment to advance Singapore’s equities market, thanks to BofA Securities and all participants for the engaging exchange! #SGXSecurities #Equities #Partnerships Bank of America Business

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A dealmaking resurgence is sparking optimism in Asia Pacific 📈 In this episode of #TheInsight, Iain Drayton, head of Investment Banking in Asia Pacific, discusses how a resurgence in large-scale M&A transactions, increased appetite from financial sponsors, and robust activity in industrial and healthcare tech is underscoring a growing sense of optimism across the region. And read our report, Global M&A: A Bold Path for Strategic Growth, for more on regional dealmaking trends: https://lnkd.in/edWmeFRJ

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BlueFive Capital brings networks, CICC brings scale, and together they’re targeting high-growth sectors. CICC Capital and BlueFive launch PE fund to connect China’s new economy with GCC growth markets. The vehicle will target high-growth sectors including technology, digital transformation, green energy, advanced manufacturing, and consumer-driven industries. The collaboration leverages BlueFive’s expertise in cross-border alternative investments and its Middle East-Asia network, alongside CICC Capital’s access to China’s private equity ecosystem and institutional capabilities. Hazem Ben-Gacem, Founder and Chief Executive of BlueFive Capital, added: “Emerging markets are engines of the global economy, and by aligning BlueFive Capital’s GCC capabilities with CICC Capital’s track record in scaling innovation, we aim to deliver unparalleled value to investors while accelerating the growth of tomorrow’s industry leaders.” Discover what this launch means for emerging market investors: https://lnkd.in/dvwhCEte #PEInsights #privateequity #fundraising #GCC

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At the Wealth Management Institute (WMI)'s Global-Asia Family Office Summit last month, WMI Chairman and GIC CEO Chow Kiat Lim shared the key principles for stewarding capital across generations, including clarity of purpose, diversification, granularity, agility, and robust partnerships. He also spotlighted WMI's new research on succession planning, including philanthropy's role as a bridge-builder across generations.   During a panel on geoeconomic diversification, GIC Group Chief Investment Officer Bryan Yeo discussed the evolving opportunity set across the AI value chain, fiscal sustainability as a key macro risk to watch, and the importance of adopting a more granular approach to asset allocation.   Read Chow Kiat's speech on #GICThinkSpace: https://lnkd.in/gp7KUJEX #GIC #GICSG #investing

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Our Deputy CIO and Head of Fixed Income, Angus Hui was on the panel, "China’s Bond Market Opening-Up Over 20 years” at China Central Depository & Clearing's China Bond Market International Investors Event. Angus provided an overview of China’s bond market development, the growth of the offshore bond space (CNH) – contrasting the dynamics with previous cycles, and discussed the factors leading to the rising appeal of China’s onshore government bonds in providing diversification benefits. He also expanded on Fullerton Fund Management's investment journey in these markets, and the reasons underpinning his constructive outlook on China fixed income. #fixedincome #China #opportunities #diversification #yield Mingyu Qu Samuel Gan Boon-Hiong Chan

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Macquarie Capital is pleased to have supported OSL Group (Stock Code: 863 HK) on its $HK2,355 million (~$US300 million) follow on equity financing. OSL Group is a leading global financial infrastructure platform bridging traditional finance and the digital asset economy through blockchain technology. This landmark transaction is the largest public equity raise in Asia’s digital asset sector to date. Read more in our latest case study: https://macq.co/6048fgizM

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