Singapore

Nomura has named Oliver Holt as head of debt syndicate for Asia ex-Japan, succeeding veteran banker Alister Moss, who is taking on a new position at the bank.

BOC Aviation has raised $250m from a tap of bonds sold just last month, finding solid support from US investors for its comeback.

Credit Suisse has made a number of appointments to expand its private wealth business in Asia.

Singapore’s Halcyon Agri Corp, a subsidiary of China’s Sinochem International Corp, has raised a $300m loan from a group of Chinese lenders.

Veteran banker Ronny Chng, from United Overseas Bank has passed away, according to an Asia Pacific Loan Market Association announcement.

AAA Oils and Fats, the trading subsidiary of palm oil company Apical, has returned to the loan market with a $750m facility.

The Singapore-incorporated global energy company Puma Energy has bounced back after a planned bond issuance last year failed to materialise, raising $590m in the loan market. Sources say the company’s change of management and reorganisation brought a “sense of relief”.

BOC Aviation has sold a $750m bond through its US subsidiary, pricing its third dollar outing of the year at wider levels than some fair value estimates from analysts.

Citi is planning to hire around 2,300 people to support the expansion of its wealth management business in Asia Pacific, as the bank undertakes a restructuring that boosts focus on its four wealth centres.

Thai Beverage has postponed the multi-billion-dollar spin-off and listing of its brewery unit in Singapore, citing choppy markets and a surge in Covid-19 cases in Thailand.

Goldman Sachs has poached Srijith Nair from Barclays to lead its southeast Asia financial institutional group business.

DBS Bank is aiming to reduce its thermal coal exposure to zero by 2039, joining a group of global investors and banks that have made similar commitments to tackle climate change.