Australia

Wang Xiao Zhou, who heads up loan syndication and product portfolio management at Bank of China, is leaving for a new position with Bank of China Group Investment (BoCGI).

After a barren year of sterling bond issuance from international borrowers, a dry patch that some thought would last until the Brexit referendum in June, an Australian company finally broke the silence on Wednesday.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Jason Cox as co-head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, the lender's only external hire in a new management structure for the region.

Citi veteran David Ratliff has resigned as Asia Pacific head of the public sector group, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Latin America development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) has made its fourth outing in the Australian dollar market.

Australia and New Zealand Bank announced on Tuesday that it would cut 12 jobs in the markets division to simplify its business and focus on cost management.

Australian banks are going through one of their toughest periods as slowing economic growth and greater regulatory oversight cause them to rethink their business models, especially when it comes to overseas activity. With new CEOs in place at three of the four big lenders, the industry is set for an overhaul. Ben Power reports.

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Deutsche Bank has hired Jason Cox as a co-head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, as the bank lays out the management structure for the region.

Upcoming commercial paper regulation has triggered a flurry of MTNs from Australian banks, moving away from an asset class in which they have historically been very active.

Intercontinental Exchange has begun clearing the iTraxx Australia and Asia ex-Japan Investment Grade credit default swap indices, as well as six individual sovereign credits in the region.

Deals came thick and fast in Europe’s investment grade corporate bond market on Tuesday, but euphoria from the European Central Bank’s surprise decision to start buying the bonds does not mean investors are buying indiscriminately. Transurban Queensland had to pull a bond and some secondary spreads are widening.