Investment Banking
Citi Global Wealth APAC clients invest $5b in bonds in May-July
Majority of investments flowed to fixed income funds and hedge funds.
Citi Global Wealth APAC clients invest $5b in bonds in May-July
Majority of investments flowed to fixed income funds and hedge funds.
Hong Kong’s ZA Bank launches investment fund service
All subscription fees are waived until 31 December 2022.
Thailand plays catch up with global green finance goals
Banks are calling for legislators to impose carbon tax and a common taxonomy of goals.
Chart of the Week: APAC investment bank fees down 9% in H1
ECM fees fell 42% after a record-setting 2021.
StanChart taps ex-JP Morgan banker as new CIO for North Asia
Cheng was head of Asia Equity Strategy for JP Morgan Private Bank.
Citi names sole head of equity capital markets for Australia and New Zealand
Jahrling joined Citi as co-head of ECM in 2021.
UOB prices $400m perpetual capital securities
It will be issued under a $41.5b (US$30b) global medium term note programme.
Does geopolitics heighten risks of an East-West divide in the financial industry?
HSBC’s potential Asia split may signal that decoupling between the West and China is growing.
Weekly Global News Wrap: State Street not buying Credit Suisse; Italy to expire bad loan scheme
And China gives the first nod to revive Ant IPO.
From Reuters:
Financial services and bank holding company State Street has denied reports that...
Singapore establishes framework to push for high quality green bonds
A committee will oversee the Singapore Green Bond Framework.
HSBC names Jeffrey Yap as head of investments and wealth solutions for SEA
Yap has served as interim head since November last year.
MUFG names two new heads in global corporate, investment banking APAC unit
Both Campbell and Sivarajah will be based in Singapore.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Deutsche Bank not financing $3.5b Africa oil pipeline; Berkshire Hathaway bets $2.9b on Citi
And Goldman Sachs reach a $79.5m shareholder settlement over 1MDB fiasco.
Standard Chartered opens US$40m Greater Bay Area Centre in Guangzhou
More than 700 employees are now based in the GBA Centre.
Sumitomo Mitsui appoints former J.P Morgan banker as head of M&A advisory of SFDA
The newly created role sees Chirolli leading SMBC’s M&A advisory efforts in Asia.
APAC investment banking fees drops 8.5% in Q1 2022
This comes after its all time high in the same quarter last year.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Gender pay gap in UK banks at 32.1%; Spain mulls creating consumer protection authority
And over 200,000 globally apply for internships at Goldman Sachs.
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