Companies across Asia are scrambling to take advantage of strong equity markets and raise capital to bolster balance sheets or to repay debt.
Issuers are benefiting from growing investor appetite for exposure to stocks in Asia, which is home to the world's fastest growing markets, amid a sluggish environment for initial public offerings.
This week, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group unveiled plans to raise up to US$9.4bn by issuing new shares, a record for a Japanese lender, to help shore up its capital base and to pay for acquisitions.
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