Singapore

Chinese used car e-commerce platform Uxin began bookbuilding on Thursday for an IPO that could raise up to $475m.

BNP Paribas Singapore CEO heads to US — Credit Suisse makes senior SEA appointments — ICICI ECM head to exit — Deutsche equity-linked veteran leaves for Goldman — ANZ loses syndications banker — BNY Mellon WM names Greater China head

Pete Osborne, a former director at Singapore Exchange (SGX), has resurfaced at Canadian exchange operator TMX Group in London as head of European equity trading sales.

New York Stock Exchange-listed Sea, an online gaming firm, is bookbuilding for its debut convertible bond worth some $400m.

TruePTS, a derivatives post-trade company set up by trueEX, is gearing up to face off against derivatives processing utility MarkitSERV as it launches its offering for buy-side firms.

Singapore’s Wilmar International has raised a $200m sustainability-linked loan, the second of its kind from the agribusiness company in seven months.

BNP Paribas’s Singapore chief executive officer is relocating to the US to take up a new position within the bank, according to sources.

Credit Suisse has appointed Felicity Chan to lead its equity syndicate team in southeast Asia, while promoting Yvonne Voon to head of real estate coverage for the region.

Citi has named Kelvin Goh as head of FIG insurance, Asia Pacific investment banking, and head of corporate finance for Singapore, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

HSBC has named Sean Henderson and Sean McNelis as co-heads of debt capital markets, Asia Pacific, with immediate effect, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Temasek Holdings returned to the securitization market this week after a two year hiatus to woo investors into private equity funds-backed Astrea IV. Institutional investors are already in the bag. The focus now is on winning over retail accounts — the first time such a deal has been open to the city-state’s public, writes Addison Gong.

Institutional investors piled into Singapore sovereign investment arm Temasek Holdings’ Astrea IV securitization, making the deal almost four times covered. All eyes are now on appetite among retail investors, as it’s the first time a private-equity backed trade is open to the public.