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Standard Chartered has hired Daniel Trinder from Deutsche Bank as head of regulatory reform.

Greenko Investment Company is building books for what will be India’s first dollar-denominated green bond by a corporate issuer. On the same day, BoCom HK has returned with a three year dollar floater.

Guillaume du Cheyron, head of high yield bond origination and execution for Asia, has left Deutsche Bank.

Nigeria sent out a request for proposals on Monday for a $1bn bond and has asked for responses by September 19.

Dutch telecom firm Ziggo marketed a $1.6bn loan refinancing package during an investor call on Monday afternoon, after the European Commission cleared its proposed merger with Vodafone’s dutch unit last week.

VietinBank, one of the largest state-owned commercial lenders in Vietnam, is back in the market with a $100m bullet just five months after signing its previous loan. This time around, the borrower has managed to narrow the margin by 40bp.

The key to the clean-up and recapitalization of Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is a €5bn rights issue but even though a strong cast of top tier ECM banks have signed on to run it, the deal still hinges on finding real demand. Aidan Gregory and Owen Sanderson report.

Energias de Portugal made an opportunistic grab for euros on Thursday, proving that even as August begins, healthy order books and negative new issue premiums are still available for corporate bond issuers.

KfW was able to price through its curve as it reopened an Australian dollar bond on Wednesday evening Australian time.

Lippo Karawaci navigated a crowded primary bond market on Wednesday to add $260m to its 2022s with a tap. The success of the deal reflects a big improvement in market sentiment compared with the early part of the year, when the Indonesian developer failed to pull off an exchange offer.

Orlando Faulks has been appointed head of corporate finance for Japan at Deutsche Bank starting November, as Ken Kawashima plans to go back to his previous job.

Primary bond activity in Asia sprang back to life on Wednesday following a slow start to the week, with high yield issuance leading the way.