Asia Pacific

Nomura’s executive director and head of Malaysia investment banking Kit Weng Yip has left to take on a new position at another capital markets firm in the country.

Chinese private higher education provider Edvantge is planning to raise up to $100m from a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with bookbuilding set to open on Wednesday.

MUFG Bank has picked Satinder Pal Singh Ahluwalia as managing director of the global commercial banking planning division, a newly created position.

ANZ has restarted its loan syndications business in Europe, hiring two senior bankers in London.

GlobalCapital has launched its poll to determine the 2019 winners of its Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards. Market participants are invited to participate.

In this round-up, China names a new central bank monetary policy committee member, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) jointly issued the first white paper for small and micro enterprises, and the state council reckons more measures are needed for these businesses.

In this round-up, Egypt looks to issue renminbi bonds in the first quarter of 2020, retail investors chased after Suzhou HYC’s Star Market debut, and the regulators gave the greenlight to top brokerages to sell financial bonds in the interbank market.

First Abu Dhabi Bank has courted Taiwanese investors yet again, this time raising $900m from a Formosa bond.

China’s Jinshang Bank kicked off its HK$3.42bn ($438m) Hong Kong IPO on strong footing on Friday, with the book well covered ahead of launch.

Citi has named Hsiu-Yi Lin as the new head of commercial bank for Asean.

ESR Cayman has turned to the debt market for a $175m bond tap, just two weeks after delaying its initial public offering in Hong Kong.

Three new companies have set their sights on listing in Hong Kong, filing draft IPO documents with the exchange.