(Bloomberg) -- Singapore's stock exchange has regained pole position for initial public offerings in Southeast Asia. The bourse was lifted by the debuts of Frasers Logistics & Industrials Trust and Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust, which accounted for 96 percent of the $1.2 billion raised in the first half of the year, and a drop in activity in Thailand. In the same period last year, none of the major regional exchanges raised less than Singapore.
--With assistance from Jonathan Burgos To contact the reporter on this story: Andrea Tan in Singapore at atan17@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Sam Mamudi at smamudi@bloomberg.net.
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