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Jiten Arora took over as Standard Chartered's global head of commercial banking on August 30, according to a Monday press release.

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.

Singapore Telecommunications bagged $500m from an opportunistic outing on Monday, leveraging on its rarity value and investment grade credentials to woo investors.

Singapore Telecommunications and a Hangzhou local government financing vehicle both hit the dollar bond market on Monday, already putting Asia’s debt market ahead of the one dollar issuance last week. But bankers say there is little more to come.

KBS Realty Advisors is preparing to float its second Reit in Singapore backed by US commercial properties, bankers close to the deal said.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reopened Singapore’s additional tier one market this week, managing to raise S$1bn ($726.87m) from the first such deal in 14 months.

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Standard Chartered has rearranged its primary and secondary debt business, creating a global credit markets team that will be run by Henrik Raber, its long-time capital markets head.

BOC Aviation, the aircraft leasing group under Bank of China, has launched a $500m five year borrowing into general syndication, with a group of ten banks at the helm.

Singaporean commodity company Louis Dreyfus Asia has boosted its three year revolver to $600m after attracting 20 participants during syndication.

Morgan Stanley has made two senior appointments in its southeast Asia investment banking team, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Singaporean hard-drive manufacturer MMI International is seeking a $205m loan, mainly to refinance an old borrowing sealed in 2015.