Barclays names Harrison Asia corporate bank head

Over the last few months, the French bank has created several new roles and made key hires to bolster its presence in the region, including in mainland China.

Thakker has been Citi's head of capital management for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South; he will relocate from Hong Kong to Singapore.

Airport Authority Hong Kong draws 2.9x subscription for its multi-tranche senior notes offering, underscoring resilient appetite for high-grade Hong Kong dollar debt; the airport's second runway will open in May.

The former Deutsche Bank executive joins in Hong Kong as Apac head of healthcare and real estate.

Yin is also head of global corporate coverage for China, and is based in Beijing.

Hong Kong-based Laungani was most recently Apac managing director and head of financial sponsors coverage at Credit Suisse.