ECM

McLean, currently head of Citi's global asset managers, Apac financial sponsors business, will relocate from Singapore to Sydney.

FA understands the bank is making a number of senior leadership changes and hires across ECM, investment banking and technology, in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and San Francisco; including Apac Equity Syndicate leader and head of SEA ECM.

Hong Kong-based Chan has been with the US bank since 2003 and is currently responsible for Apac equity-linked origination.

Slowing loans, M&A and ECM hit banks' fees last year. Technology, exports and bonds are bright spots, while Hong Kong is increasingly being seen as a place to raise foreign capital. PBOC's governor Pan Gongsheng wants a proactive policy approach.

Issuance hit $14.8bn, according to data from Dealogic, with Citi leading the underwriting league table.

From Indonesia’s resource-rich, onshore EV supply chain, to Hong Kong’s suite of sophisticated primary market products, experts assess the opportunity on offer to both regions’ capital markets, following formal signature of a strategic partnership between HKEX and IDX last week.

Nora Yeung will join the German bank in September, after 12 years with Credit Suisse.

Sophie Qian will relocate from New York to Singapore later this year.

With the government pushing reform across its domestic capital controls, India seems to be riding high amid capital market uncertainty. Will 2022 see it become the destination of choice for international investment?