London will mark the location of HKEX’s second office outside of Asia, after New York. The announcement follows plans to open a European office, shared last year.
FinanceAsia talks to SGX head of global sales and origination, Pol de Win, on the exchange’s efforts to become a venue of choice when global markets recover.
Last year saw the largest number of offshore listings by Chinese firms since 2010, but a new board in Shanghai may see Chinese tech firms opt to float domestically rather than in Hong Kong or New York.
Citi has named New York-based Beibei Li as its head of Belt and Road banking and origination after HSBC moved its Malaysia CEO into a similar position earlier this summer.
Michael Chae is heading back to New York after jump-starting the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Ed Huang and Yi Luo will lead Blackstone’s private equity investments in China.