Malaysia

The US financial regulator has permanently barred former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner from the securities industry, for his role in the 1MDB scandal.

An undisclosed institutional investor in Malaysia’s MISC Berhad has raised MR565.6m ($136m) by selling some of its shares in the shipping company, giving buyers an extremely rare opportunity to gain exposure to it.

Parkson Retail Group, a department store operator, has returned to the loan market after eight years, sealing a HK$3.9bn ($497m) borrowing.

An undisclosed institutional investor has bagged MR663.6m ($158.5m) from offloading its entire position in Malaysian plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong.

Malaysia's CIMB Bank used Taiwan’s Formosa market to sell a $680m bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), giving the borrower a pricing advantage over the international debt market.

HSBC, Macquarie hire former Deutsche bankers – Citi’s Aus, NZ equities head steps down – CIMB rejigs top line-up – Hang Seng’s head of syndication leaves – Moody’s names Apac boss

CIMB Group has rejigged its top management team across multiple divisions and hired a new chief executive officer for its Islamic banking operation.

Malaysia’s Maybank returned to the Taiwanese market on Monday to raise $850m from a Formosa bond.

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has managed to raise $500m from a tightly priced zero coupon exchangeable bond.

Nomura’s executive director and head of Malaysia investment banking Kit Weng Yip has left to take on a new position at another capital markets firm in the country.

Country Garden seeks second borrowing in six months – UAF taps two banks for HK$1.6bn – Deutsche arranges $190m for Shangshi – Pakistan sovereign deal open – Malakoff woos banks to refi – IRFC pulls into Samurai market

Maybank’s investment banking arm has hired equity capital markets banker Abhishek Bakshi from rival CIMB, according to a source familiar with the matter.