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  • Credit Suisse has merged its loan and bond syndicate teams into one unit, and named the new heads of its Asia Pacific financing group (AFG).
  • JPM expands China JV team — Natixis names Apac infra finance head — CLSA makes senior debt hires — BNP closes Manila offshore branch
  • The Indian government has done an about-turn on plans to introduce higher taxes on foreign portfolio investors as it finds ways to boost sentiment in the market. Experts reckon the finance ministry “misjudged” the state of things in India, and scrapping the tax will give a much-needed impetus to the country’s equity capital markets. Rashmi Kumar reports.
  • The onshore renminbi plunged to 7.17 against the dollar by noon on Thursday from the previous week’s close at 7.07. While much of the loss was a result of a spike in tensions between the US and China, analysts and bankers are also blaming the mainland’s looser FX intervention policies and growing distrust of US president Donald Trump’s comments. Rebecca Feng reports.
  • BNP Paribas has shut down its offshore banking unit in the Philippines, according to the country’s central bank.
  • Foreign banks can now get a licence to act as lead underwriters for all deals in China’s domestic interbank bond market, signalling a further opening up of the Mainland’s financial market. But these licences will only make a marginal difference to a bank’s business.