(The Wall Street Journal) -- Merrill Lynch, facing the likelihood of billions of dollars in additional mortgage-related write-downs in the fourth quarter, is expected to become the latest financial firm to get a capital infusion from an Asian government investment fund.

Temasek, a Singapore state-owned investment company, is in advanced talks to inject as much as $5bn (€3.5bn) into Merrill Lynch, a person familiar with the situation said.