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Natixis has beefed up its aviation finance division with a number of senior appointments in Singapore and London, citing “robust growth for the business line" as the reason behind the developments.

Dasin Retail Trust could be the first out of the gate with a decent-sized southeast Asian IPO this year, with books slated to launch as early as this week.

ECM activity in Asia has slowed to a trickle in the week before Christmas, but investors still have something to chew on courtesy of two real estate investment trusts in southeast Asia.

The Singapore Exchange has received certification that its kilobar gold futures contract is now Shariah-compliant.

Natixis has named a new global markets head for Asia Pacific, while Standard Chartered has recruited an outsider to run financial markets.

Tata International Singapore has mandated one bank to supply a $110m loan, which will be used to make payments to bondholders.

The renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme is set to end 2016 on a disappointing note with the combined value of quotas awarded amounting to roughly half of last year’s total.

Standard Chartered has hired industry veteran Roberto Hoornweg as global head, financial markets, set to start in the New Year.

Citi and ING have named new heads for their respective Asia debt syndicate teams, while Natixis has recruited a DCM banker from Commerzbank.

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ING Bank has hired Winston Tay as head of Asia debt syndicate in Singapore, effective Wednesday.

Singapore-listed MYP has halved its rights issue to S$97.9m ($68.8m) after shareholders gave the fundraising the cold shoulder.