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Neeraj Hora, who has been head of Nomura's CB and corporate equity derivatives business in Asia for almost three years, is leaving the firm. Sources say he intends to take a break from the industry.

The well-received three-year bonds raise an initial S$650 million, but the exercising of a greenshoe may increase this to S$800 million.

The former regional head of corporate finance and structured equity-linked capital markets resigns to focus on his personal investments in a coal mining company.

Previously with Credit Suisse, Derrick Wong moves to Standard Chartered after the UK bank lost three CB bankers last month.

Deutsche Bank hires Nathan McMurtray and two Standard Chartered colleagues to rebuild its equity-linked franchise, sources say.

Citi hires a second UBS banker in just two weeks for its equity syndicate desk in Hong Kong.

Formerly with Macquarie and Deutsche Bank, Oliver Nighjoy joins Daiwa as the firm seeks to leverage the CB platform it bought from KBC last year and expand into primary issuance.

Nicholas Tye moves across from the sales desk to assume responsibility for the origination of publicly placed convertible bonds in Asia-Pacific ex-Japan, while Andrew Cooper takes on a new role as head of corporate finance and structured equity-linked capital markets.

The CB specialist, who agreed to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch earlier this month, will return to J.P. Morgan following a restructuring that gives him a bigger role as co-head of ECDM for Asia ex-Japan.