Singapore

Udhay Furtado has left Goldman Sachs after 12 years with the US bulge bracket firm to take up a new role at Citi.

Hangzhou Steam Turbine & Power Group is seeking a new $100m offshore borrowing.

Commodities trader Trafigura has sent out invitations to relationship banks for its annual refinancing exercise.

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has approved listings with dual-class share structures, a few months after a similar move by rival Hong Kong.

Singaporean commodities company Vitol Asia has attracted 19 participants to its one year revolving credit facility.

ABN Amro has appointed Eugene Ganchev as Asia Pacific head of trade and commodity finance (TCF) and Gregory Vandeler as the region’s head of agri-commodities and TCF coverage, effectively immediately.

DBS's Singapore-based syndicate banker Cleaven Yu is set to head up a new debt capital markets origination team in Shanghai from next month.

Embattled company Noble Group has secured support from shareholder Goldilocks Investment Co for its new restructuring plan. The commodities trader has promised to increase shareholders’ stakes in New Noble to 20%, and has also kicked off a strategic partnership in the Middle East.

Temasek Holdings’ private equity funds-backed collateralised fund obligation Astrea IV started trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday, with investors continuing to chase after the notes.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been allowed temporarily to continue listing its Nifty derivatives as it fights a legal battle with the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) over replacement products.

China Reinsurance (Group) Corp’s chairman recently held talks with the Singapore deputy prime minister about catastrophe bonds. The conversation’s timing is bound to raise eyebrows, given the reinsurer’s outstanding cat bond is due next month.

Singapore’s Louis Dreyfus Co Asia has returned to the offshore market for a $500m three year revolving credit facility.