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Huo Rongrong, the former global head of RMB and China business at HSBC, has left the bank for Investec Asset Management. The London-based banker will have a broader remit in her new buy-side role.

Macquarie Group has signed a £2bn loan that features green tranches, as the seemingly inexorable rise of the product continues unabated.

As Brexit uncertainty kicks in, the clearing arm of German derivatives bourse Eurex has rewarded ten market participants, including HSBC and Barclays, for actively clearing interest rate swaps.

The board of directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has renewed the contract of chief executive Charles Li for three years.

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.

The FCA’s decision to modify rules in order to allow sovereign owned companies — such as Saudi Aramco — to achieve a premium listing should be seen as just another chapter in the UK’s cosiness with the House of Saud.

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.

Credit Suisse has hired Amin Ait Tayeb from Commerzbank for its DCM team.

HSBC was marketing a new offering of senior bonds in the dollar market on Tuesday, about a month after placing $6bn of debt into a potentially similar investor base.

Matthew Westerman and Julian Metherell, who both spent over 10 years as partners at Goldman Sachs, will run a new private investment firm together with Greek shipping tycoon, Peter Livanos,

Metro Bank is getting ready to sell its first ever subordinated bond as a benchmark sized tier two deal in sterling.

The FCA’s decision to press ahead with creating a new premium listing category for sovereign-owned entities has been criticised by UK parliamentarians and business groups, who are concerned that it will weaken corporate governance standards in the UK.