03/15/2019
DBS Poaches Wealth Planning Head from Bank of Singapore
He joins DBS from Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Bank, where he has worked since 2004.
Executive Moves
03/14/2019
VP Bank Appoints New Vice President of the Board of Directors
This makes it easier for him to use his external relations more efficiently.
03/14/2019
Value Partners names new Co-Chairmen of the Board
The re-designation and appointment is part of the Group’s ongoing succession planning initiatives to ensure the continuity of strong business stewardship.
03/14/2019
IRESS general manager joins advice group
As at October 2018, FYG had 55 advisers attached servicing more than 9000 clients.
03/14/2019
New directors join Frontier Advisors
"Both are experienced superannuation fund trustees, with extensive business acumen and practical knowledge of critical areas such as governance, economics and business administration."
03/14/2019
Channel Capital head of retail departs
Channel's fixed income boutique Jamieson Coote Bonds' has seen significant inflows in the last year and it is soon bringing a US-based emerging markets manager's strategy to retail clients in Australia.
03/13/2019
JB hires from StanChart
Bank Julius Baer has brought over Raymond Li to serve as group head of Greater China.
03/13/2019
State Street Global Advisors appoints Alex Sun as China head
Mr. Sun comes to SSGA after a 12-year tenure at HSBC Jintrust, HSBC Global Asset Management's China joint venture, where he was assistant general manager.
03/13/2019
NAB announces executive departure
"She has rebuilt the function from the ground up with structure, policies and process to best support the organisation."
03/13/2019
StanChart suffers senior private banker exits in Asia as unit earnings sag: sources
The Asia, Africa and Middle East-focused bank has also lost India private banking head Sandeep Das
03/12/2019
HSBC hires an ultra-high net-worth team to cater for Asia's wealthiest
Private banking in Asia is one of HSBC’s strategic priorities as the lender’s CEO plans to expand in markets from Greater China to Southeast Asia.
03/12/2019
Takumi Shibata to step down as President and CEO of Nikko Asset Management
He then became President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2014.
03/12/2019
Arton Capital Hires Miss Universe Singapore
In addition to opening a new office in Beijing, Arton Capital is also expanding its Singapore team with a key Relationship Manager, Louissa Lavnea Thomas, as finews.asia can reveal.
03/12/2019
With Pramit Jhaveri's Citibank exit, an era ends at India's largest foreign bank
Jhaveri will demit office on March 31, ending his nine-year stint as Citibank's face in India.
03/12/2019
HSBC Announces Two New Hires
Tan has more than 17 years of financial markets experience.
03/11/2019
Julius Baer Poaches From Standard Chartered for Greater China Market
He joins Julius Baer with over 20 years of extensive experience in private banking.
03/08/2019
Head of Intermediaries for Greater China Leaves Julius Baer
Former Julius Baer CEO Boris Collardi joined Swiss private bank Pictet as a partner in 2018. Shortly after, there were rumors in the industry that Pictet cleared its EAM team in Asia just to welcome her.
03/08/2019
MSCI appoints Lim Beng Eu as head of South Asia client coverage
MSCI says Mr. Lim brings with him extensive regional investment and client expertise across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, hedge funds, real estate, derivatives, and structured products.
03/08/2019
Singapore central bank makes changes to senior management line-up
Three executive directors – Bernard Wee, Benny Chey, and Lim Tuang Lee – have been promoted to assistant managing directors, and another – Lawrence Ang, will be re-designated as chief information officer.
03/08/2019
Hana Alternative appoints ex-NPS investment head as CEO
He confirmed his appointment, but declined to elaborate further.