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UBS Warburg last week appointed James Hollond as global head of client securitisation - the first global manager for the ABS business since the merger of UBS and SBC at the beginning of 1998. After joining from CSFB in 1992, Hollond built up and ran Warburg's global asset trading business (GATS), which includes trading and sales of FRNs, asset swaps and ABS. He is now responsible for the origination and structuring of all asset backed securities for external clients.

ABN Amro held roadshows in Europe this week for the first international securitisation from Australia's Adelaide Bank. Series 2000-1G Torrens Trust is expected to be the first Australian mortgage backed security to be sold in the US under Rule 144A. Previous deals have either been Eurobonds or registered globals.

Three landmark corporate securitisations are scheduled to be launched next week. Swiss commodities and energy trading company Glencore is set to issue the largest trade receivable securitisation ever funded in the bond market, with a $700m Euro/144A deal lead managed by Deutsche Bank.

Joint leads Interbanca and Tokyo-Mitsubishi International this week launched the first public securitisation for Italian leasing company Leasinvest SpA - a Eu64.45m deal structured by ABN Amro. The transaction is a first for Italy and extremely unusual anywhere in the world, in that it is launched through an SPV that has already been used for another securitisation by another originator, in a completely different asset class.

Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market is barely six months old, but it's already attracting stinging criticism of its erratic waivers and regulation. KS Lo, who heads the listing committee, believes the media and the SFC are missing the point: there shouldn't even be any listing rules. He thumps home the reasons why to Chris Wright.

The euro has been in place for 18 months. And how many issues have there been from Asian credits? Four. Is the euro destined to be a non-event for Asian issuers, or are we about to see a wave of new deals?

Indian tech stocks were badly burned in the Nasdaq crash, but that may prove a blessing in disguise. It's rid the market of weak players, corrected over-inflated valuations and led to a greater focus on the real reason behind India's revival – its solid reputation as a software specialist. Saibal Dasgupta separates the winners from the losers.

Competition between Japan's two new boards is hotting up. But other than beating each other, what do they have on their agendas? It's also unclear what venture capitalists have on theirs – possibly exit strategies, more probably escape plans. By Joel McCormick.

Singapore Telecom has suffered two embarrassing knock-backs to its regional expansion plans. Critics point the finger at the company's close connections with the government. The mooted selldown of Temasek's stake could be onesolution – but who would buy it? Matthew Montagu-Pollock reports.

The crash in Asia's tech stocks in April had its benefits. For a start, it could signal a return to realistic valuations and analysis of fundamentals. It certainly doesn't mean the boom is over. Matthew Montagu-Pollock kicks off a series of articles by asking why Asia reacted so strongly to Nasdaq's fall and where the market is likely to head next.

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While Chartered was breaking records, another of Singapore's most respected companies was also testing the local equity markets in May: two subsidiaries of Singapore Airlines listed on the Singapore stock exchange. Singapore Airlines Terminal Services (Sats) and SIA Engineering made their stock market debuts on May 12, with DBS Bank and Merrill Lynch joint global coordinators. But while both deals were comfortably oversubscribed at an institutional and, in particular, retail level, and despite the formidable local brand name that Singapore Airlines boasts, the shares have performed poorly – particularly in the case of Sats, which dropped 23% in value in its first two weeks of trading.