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Westpac has obtained investor consent to convert five covered bonds from hard to soft bullet maturities. However, it was unable to obtain the necessary quorum to change the maturity on one dollar benchmark

The vitality of the covered bond market was in no doubt over the first quarter of 2016 as volumes reached their highest level in five years.

A quartet of SSA issuers printed Kangaroo bonds this week, helping push Kangaroo bond volume for March to a monthly level not seen in a year.

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.