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Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., the second-biggest bourse by market value, expanded a convertible bond issue by 25 percent on higher demand, helping to fund its purchase of the London Metal Exchange.
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Singapore Exchange Ltd., operator of Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market, may report a 13 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit today as it faces the biggest slump in equity trading in four years.
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Chow Chung-Kong, the former chief executive officer of subway operator MTR Corp. who was named to Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s board this week, said his fellow directors will decide if he is the next chairman.
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Singapore’s second-biggest bank, and its insurance unit received an offer for their S$2.7 billion ($2.1 billion) stakes in a drinks maker and a brewery partly owned by Heineken NV.
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Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s bid for the London Metal Exchange, the most expensive bourse merger over $1 billion, may succeed in gaining the approval of regulators who’ve scuttled $32 billion of similar cross-border deals.
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Southeast Asia’s largest banking takeover is turning into the emerging-market deal that traders bet is the most likely to unravel, as Indonesia considers restricting foreign ownership of its lenders.
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc.’s takeover of Osaka Securities Exchange Co. marks its entry into a global wave of mergers that has seen $30 billion in proposed acquisitions over the last 13 months.
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Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., Asia’s largest bourse operator, said it’s studying a bid for the London Metal Exchange as growth slows and it seeks to build up a commodities business.
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Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., the world’s second-biggest bourse by market value, said first- quarter profit fell 7 percent, less than analysts expected, as listing fees held steady and investment income improved.
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Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank, posted an 18 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit, beating analysts’ estimates as loan demand climbed.
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