Singapore

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.

AAA Oils and Fats (AAAOF), a trading subsidiary of palm oil processor and distributor Apical Group, is seeking to amend and extend the revolving credit facility tranche of a $800m borrowing from 2017.

Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management, manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust, is planning a sale of up to S$436.8m ($308m) in new trust units.