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UBS has hired Boyang Liu as an associate director on the debt origination team.

Chinese agribusiness company New Hope Group has returned to the loan market for an up to $150m borrowing to refinance a deal sealed in 2015.

The Hong Kong bourse saw a raft of IPO filings this week, as issuers made a beeline for what could be a bumper September for new share sales.

We’re eight months into the year, and I’ll admit that my New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Although, in all honesty, my “plans” to cut back on the whiskey and take more exercise were more Tai Tai’s ideas than mine. But one friend of mine has – surprisingly – stuck by his goals.

At least $8bn in IPOs from Asian issuers could hit screens in September alone, if everything goes according to plan. But with investor sentiment still on the rocks despite the mid-year lull coming to a close, equity capital markets bankers are hoping for a swift end to what has been a summer of volatility. John Loh reports.

China Minsheng Banking Corp has lost its team head of the corporate banking department, according to a source close to the situation.

Fortune Fountain Capital, a financial services firm, has hired loans banker Hei Man Leung from China Minsheng Banking Corp.

Credit Suisse has rejigged the leadership of its private bank in Asia, making Francois Monnet and Benjamin Cavalli heads of the division for north and south Asia respectively.

China Chunlai Education Group has launched pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Telecommunications software provider AsiaInfo Technologies is lining up a Hong Kong IPO of around $300m, having filed a draft prospectus with the city’s stock exchange on Monday.

More details have emerged about veteran loans banker Ashish Sharma’s new job at HSBC.

Tianqi Lithium is turning to equity investors after making a debt-fuelled play for its Chilean rival, in an acquisition that pressured its ratings and threatened to rob it of investment grade status.