Edmund Leong, head of Group Investment Banking at UOB, talks exclusively to FinanceAsia about where the bank sees scope for growth in Asean amid the region’s robust drivers of issuance and strong thematics.
Lawrence Goh to take on head of group technology and operations with Susan Hwee to become new head of group retail, replacing retiring Eddie Khoo who is joining UOB Vietnam as a senior adviser.
In an exclusive interaction, UOB’s head of group investment banking, Edmund Leong provides deeper insights into the bank’s approaches on M&A, trends in fixed income, sustainability, and the Singapore bond market.
The $930 million facility has been arranged against the firm’s real estate portfolio, marking the largest loan of its kind to Australia’s logistics and industrial sector.
In 2022, UOB agreed to acquire Citi’s Vietnam business as part of a larger deal that also includes Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Meanwhile, the bank’s India consumer business will transfer to domestic lender, Axis Bank.