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On Sept. 3, the government launched the Alliance of FinTech Community, a network of public and pr</p> <div class="date-area">September 4, 2015 08:50 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">SapuraKencana</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905212820/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Oil-giant-announces-200-million-Islamic-bond-to-service-debts">Oil giant announces $200 million Islamic bond to service debts</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20150905212820/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Oil-giant-announces-200-million-Islamic-bond-to-service-debts"><img src="/web/20150905212820im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201509/20150904/20150904_sapura/3280319-1-eng-GB/20150904_sapura_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KUALA LUMPUR -- SapuraKencana Petroleum, Malaysia's leading oil and gas company, announced it will issue $200 million worth of sukuk Islamic bonds next Tuesday to refinance some of its debt. The issuance, the first tranche of a multicurrency, me</p> <div class="date-area">September 4, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Equities </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905212820/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Asian-shares-slide-ahead-of-US-job-data">Asian shares slide ahead of US job data</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> HONG KONG -- Shares across Asia tumbled Friday, as global investors liquidated stocks ahead of the announcement of the U.S. monthly labor data. Mainland China's markets were closed for a public holiday and will resume trading on Monday. Hong Kon</p> <div class="date-area">September 4, 2015 05:30 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Matt Egerton-Warburton</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905212820/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Perspectives/A-stronger-voice-for-Asian-investors">A stronger voice for Asian investors</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> Over the past two decades, a substantial amount of private wealth has been created in Asia. There are now a large number of newly wealthy individuals and families grappling with the problem of maintaining and growing excess capital. 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