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Business Moves
Osama Abbasi to become new Asia-Pacific CEO at Credit Suisse
Abbasi, the current head of equities in the region, will take over from Kai Nargolwala who will stay with the bank as non-executive chairman.
By Anette Jönsson | 8 September 2010
Debt
KDB issues $900 million of SEC-registered notes
Despite the summer lull, Korea Development Bank prints well inside its existing curve, prompting a tightening of Korean policy bank sector bonds by 5bp to 10bp.
By Mei Tuicolo | 3 September 2010
FX
Euro weakness drives Asian exporters to pay for protection
David Naville, an FX structurer at Barclays Capital, talks to FinanceAsia about the challenges facing Asian companies exporting to Europe.
By Nick Ferguson | 25 August 2010
Debt
PSA International prints $500 million bond
In a low-yielding environment, PSA manages to price a benchmark deal paying a 3.875% coupon.
By Mei Tuicolo | 5 August 2010
Debt
IDBI prices $350 million Reg-S security
India's leading project finance bank returns to the market after a six-year absence.
By Mei Tuicolo | 2 August 2010
Private Banking
Barclays Wealth to double South Asia team by end-2011
Soh Chye Guan and Errie Maksum will join as market heads of Singapore/Malaysia and Indonesia, respectively, with four other bankers also coming on board in the Lion City.
By Joe Marsh | 14 July 2010
Private Banking
SMBC, Barclays and Nikko join forces to serve Japan's wealthy
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Barclays Wealth and Nikko Cordial Securities announce a private banking joint venture in Japan.
By Lara Wozniak | 5 July 2010
Private Banking
Barclays Wealth goes Wilde on risk
The UK firm creates the post of Asia-Pacific chief risk officer and hires UBS veteran Urban Wilde to fill it.
By Joseph Marsh | 14 June 2010
View Point
Asian liquidity: What a difference a decade makes
Barclays' Robert Morrice writes about how Asia learned from the 1997-98 crisis and made sure its markets were liquid. Now, after the latest economic downturn, the world would ...
By Robert Morrice | 8 June 2010
Debt
Malaysia sells $1.25 billion sukuk
After an eight-year absence from the market, Malaysia’s five-year Islamic bond is lapped up by investors, pushing the yield to 3.93% -- a record low for an emerging ...
By Mei Tuicolo | 31 May 2010
View Point
International role for renminbi more important than revaluation
FinanceAsia talks to Wensheng Peng, head of China research at Barclays Capital, about what China needs to do before it makes a substantial change to its exchange rate policy.
By Lara Wozniak | 25 May 2010
Private Banking
Barclays Wealth hires Bryan Henning from Standard Chartered
Bryan Henning moves to Barclays Wealth to head up global research and investments for Asia.
By Sameera Anand | 27 April 2010
M&A
Bharti and Zain agree $10.7 billion deal
Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel signs definitive agreements to buy the African operations of Zain, in a deal backed by $7.5 billion in debt financing provided by a host of ...
By Sameera Anand | 1 April 2010
Debt
Bank of Baroda and Woori Bank sell 5.5-year bonds
India's Bank of Baroda raises $350 million and Korea's Woori pockets $500 million, both taking advantage of the current steepness in the yield curve between five and six years ...
By Mei Tuicolo | 31 March 2010
Debt
Axis Bank prices $350 million benchmark deal
The Indian bank prices $350 million worth of senior unsecured notes. Like other deals that have come to market this month, the bonds will mature in 5.5 years.
By Mei Tuicolo | 29 March 2010
Debt
CLP Power prices $500 million 10-year bond
The 10-year deal is issued from the Hong Kong power producer's $2.5 billion medium-term note programme and prices aggressively thanks to stable market conditions.
By Mei Tuicolo | 16 March 2010
People Moves
Barclays hires Malhotra as private bankers play musical chairs
Barclays Wealth hires Vikram Malhotra and two others from UBS, bringing to a dozen the number of senior bankers the British bank has poached from UBS in the past six months.
By Sameera Anand | 10 February 2010
Debt
Indonesian power company issues $300 million five-year bond
Cikarang Listrindo prices its high-yield bond at the end of an eventful week in the debt markets. Deals for Exim Bank of India and Vietnam are both expected to price in the ...
By Mei Tuicolo | 25 January 2010
Debt
Indonesia hits bond market with $2 billion issue
The Republic of Indonesia starts the year aggressively with the issue of a tightly priced 10-year bond.
By Mei Tuicolo | 14 January 2010
View Point
Barclays' Robert Morrice talks about Lehman integration
We talk to Robert Morrice, chairman and chief executive of Barclays in Asia, about how the acquisition of Lehman Brothers' North American operations has helped its Asia-Pacific ...
By Lara Wozniak | 23 September 2009
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