Singapore

Packing company Dynapack Asia is tapping the loan market for the first time, seeking a S$250m ($182m) borrowing.

Temasek Holdings and its wholly-owned Azalea Asset Management this week brought out Astrea V, the latest collateralised fund obligation (CFO) backed by cash flow generated from private equity funds, finding an even better response than their last outing.

Allen & Overy has appointed Pallavi Gopinath Aney as a capital markets partner to cover India and southeast Asia, according to an announcement from the firm.

Standard Chartered has poached James Cameron from HSBC, appointing him global head for power, utilities and infrastructure (PUI) and clean technology.

Credit Suisse Group made its debut in the Singapore dollar market on Wednesday, finding a significant price advantage for its perpetual tier one bond in the new currency.

MUFG has filled another key position in the APAC region by naming Richard Yorke as head of global corporate and investment banking (GCIB) for Asia Pacific.

BOC Aviation, the aircraft leasing group owned by Bank of China, is returning to the offshore loan market, seven months after it sealed a smaller transaction.

MUFG has appointed Noriaki Goto as the new regional executive for Asia, effective immediately, alongside two other senior positions in the financial conglomerate.

The Asia Pacific Loan Market Association named a new chairman at the annual general meeting in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

SG moves London banker to run Asia syndicate team — Citi loses head of India DCM — ANZ loans banker to relocate to Singapore — MSCI names Korea client head.

Nelly Harapoff, a director in ANZ’s loan syndication team in Sydney, will be relocating to Singapore.

In this round up, trade tension carried on intensifying as both sides rolled out more punitive moves, the People’s Bank of China and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed a three year currency swap agreement and April’s industrial production and retail sales growth declined.