‘Strong pipeline’ of Malaysia and Thai equity deals for Maybank

SINGAPORE: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), which finished second among arrangers of South-East Asian stock sales last year, has a “strong pipeline” of equity deals in Malaysia and Thailand, its investment banking chief said.

Malaysia’s largest lender was foreseeing a “robust” flow of transactions this year in the region, where economic growth was expected to expand faster than global output, said John Chong, chief executive officer of Maybank Kim Eng Group.