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Natixis has been building out its Asia Pacific presence, making some senior changes to its global markets team and adding three new bankers.

Czech consumer finance company Home Credit has begun work with investors for its IPO of around $1bn on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, testing investor appetite on Monday.

CK Hutchison Holdings has launched a takeout deal into syndication to replace a €10.4bn bridge loan raised by Wind Tre, an Italian company it acquired last year.

Being in Asia for as long as I have, one gets used to the quirky nature of some of the region’s smallest markets. My personal favourite is Myanmar, a country long closed off to the outside world and now slowly coming into its own.

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

Natixis has relocated London-based Kwong-Wing Law to Hong Kong to be its infrastructure finance head for Asia Pacific.

Shanghai Henlius Biotech, which is being spun off by Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co, started gauging investor interest for its Hong Kong IPO on Monday, despite a choppy market.

Megvii Technology, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company best known for the facial recognition platform Face++, has set the ball rolling for its dual-class share listing in Hong Kong.

Credit Suisse has merged its loan and bond syndicate teams into a new unit effective late last week, according to a source close to the situation.

China’s Joy City Property has returned to the loan market for an up to $800m facility.

Mengniu Dairy, a Hong Kong-listed Inner Mongolia-based dairy and ice cream manufacturer, churned out its second Rmb1bn ($141m) super-short term commercial paper on Thursday.