Investment Banking

China’s investment banking fees drop 25% in 9M 2024

ECM underwriting fees, M&A advisory fees, and syndicated lending fees all registered declines.

ING disbursed $35.37b in sustainable finance in Q2

EMEA represents a bulk of ING's sustainable finance activities.

DBS inks MOU with China trade promotion council to boost Asia trade, investment

DBS’ foreign direct investment unit will work with Chinese enterprises.

APAC investment banking fees hit lowest nine-month period in 7 years

ECM underwriting fees hit lowest figure in over a decade.

BNY names ex-HSBC banker as head of APAC corporate trust

Jamie Pratt will lead, develop, and execute BNY’s corporate trust strategy.

MUFG names Yoshi Katsuda as Middle East regional head

Katsuda was most recently part of the GCIB Planning Division in Tokyo.

Westpac names Anthony Miller as CEO

Before joining Westpac, Miller was the Australia/NZ CEO of Deutsche Bank for 4 years.

Citi nabs J.P. Morgan banker to head investment banking financing

Achintya Mangla is now in charge of financing duties for Citi’s global DCM, ECM, syndicate and private capital markets.

Citi nabs BofA, ex-Goldman Sachs’ bankers to boost ANZ markets business

The new senior hires also come from Perennial Partners and MST Financial.

Banks must expand net zero targets, set clearer O&G goals: org

Japan, SoKor have yet to set medium and long-term targets aligned with a 1.5°C scenario.

SMBC names Atul Bhuchar as APAC head of transaction banking product

Bhuchar joins from Partior, a JV by Temasek, DBS, JP Morgan and StanChart.

StanChart beefs up leadership of trade and transaction banking teams

SC appointed new banking heads based in Singapore and Germany.

DBS pilots blockchain-backed treasury tokens for treasury, liquidity mgmt

The tokens enable collaborator Ant Int’l to reduce settlements into seconds.

Citi names Yeo Wenxian as wealth head for South Asia

Yeo will also take over as CEO of Citibank Singapore Limited.