Finance Asia

The UK bank announces the hire of six senior Hong Kong-based analysts as it builds its new equities research division under Stephen O'Sullivan.

Macquarie poaches Sanjay Agarwal from Edelweiss to head equity capital markets in India.

The Japanese bank poaches Sandeep Singh from Citi to head TMT for Asia and Macquarie's Shubham Majumder to head TMT for India.

Standard Chartered expects Yi Meng, who has more than 16 years of experience in corporate banking and finance with a focus on China, to strengthen its relations with clients and stakeholders on the mainland.

Thai 'kimchi' fund managers have been the biggest buyers of Korean debt in the past few years, but as the Korean won basis tightens, this trend is slowly changing.

At last night's FinanceAsia Country Awards dinner, which celebrated the accomplishments of banks in 13 countries, we announced Public Bank as the winner of the accolade for Best Asian Bank.

Frederic Laine will move from a fixed-income role to head a new financial institutions group.

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Singapore-based GIC signals its intention to focus on investments in India by appointing veteran real estate investor Kishore Gotety as country head.

Despite making numerous concessions to ensure regulatory approval, the Financial Supervisory Commission rejects the Primus consortium's plan to buy the Nan Shan life insurance unit for $2.15 billion.

A new CEO and a rash of hires for its research division reflect the regional and global ambitions of Korea’s leading securities firm.

The serviced apartment market in Hong Kong is buoyant, with luxury still available at an affordable price.

Nomura poaches Indraneil Borkakoty from Kotak to head equity capital markets for India.

The Swiss private bank poaches Vincent Wang, Liew Chin Choy and Charles Yeoh from competitors to strengthen its offering in Asia.

The Indian port operator raises $107 million after fixing the price above the mid-point.

Endre Markos joins from Bloomberg to take up the newly created role in Hong Kong.

Renminbi liberalisation is gathering pace after China’s easing of restrictions on foreign access to the interbank bond market. What should corporates make of this development?

With the price of gold moving inexorably up, could it be of interest to more than worried investors? Could companies actually use gold as a hedging tool?

Technology is taking over corporate treasuries.

A roundup of the latest CFO and treasurer moves from around the region.

HKMA appoints HSBC and Calypso for US dollar clearing and cash management. BNP Paribas implements a payment solution from Clear2Pay, and Tokai Tokyo Securities selects a trading platform provided by Fidessa.

Sino-American Silicon Products seeks to raise $160 million from what will be only the second Taiwan GDR this year.

Brett Krause, Citi country officer in Vietnam, talks about the banking sector, investing in Vietnam, and the bank's plans for the future.

Sinha joins from Barclays Capital as head of Asia-Pacific G10 FX strategy and will be responsible for calls on the Aussie and Kiwi dollars and the Japanese yen.

Australia’s vice-like grip on global iron ore and coal prices is threatened by rising production costs and looming oversupply.