11/24/2014
Leading Australian wealth manager appoints head of legal, risk and compliance
She will commence her role on 1 December 2014
Executive Moves
11/24/2014
Standard Chartered names senior heads in retail clients division
Both bring a wealth of professional experience in the banking industry which will help the Bank realise its aspiration to be the leading international retail bank in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
11/23/2014
BMO’s LGM Investments Appoints Head of Greater China Equities
He will be based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Thomas Vester, chief investment officer at LGM.
11/23/2014
Ipsos Australia CEO Joins Roy Morgan
The new role, for which he will travel weekly between the company's new Kent Street, Sydney office and its Melbourne headquarters, gives Amoyal responsibility for leading the firm's drive for better cost-effectiveness, flexibility and utility.
11/21/2014
CUA names 30-year ANZ veteran as new CEO
Credit Union Australia, the country's largest customer-owned financial institution, has announced that Rob Goudswaard, an experienced banker, will take over from Chris Whitehead as its chief executive officer from 2 February 2015.
11/21/2014
Allianz names new Asia insurance CIO
Eugen Loeffler has moved from Allianz Global Investors in Korea to Singapore to oversee the German group’s Asia insurance assets.
11/20/2014
Swiss asset manager restructures sales team
Where the group used to have separate distribution teams in the region for its units GAM and Swiss & Global Asset Management, it is believed to have integrated them in recent months under Henry Choon, head of Asia ex-Japan at GAM Holding.
11/20/2014
Asian equity veteran steps down from UBS
Asian equity specialist Yit-Mee Cheah has retired after 25 years in the fund management industry
11/20/2014
Credit Suisse names new Asia hedge fund head
Credit Suisse said Thursday it has hired long-time Nomura Holdings Inc.8604.TO -1.24% hedge-fund executive Aditi Velakacharla to run a Hong Kong-based group at the bank that introduces its Asian hedge fund clients to potential investors.
11/20/2014
JPMorgan hires former Glencore crude trader in Singapore
JPMorgan completed the sale of its multibillion-dollar physical commodities unit to Mercuria last year.
11/20/2014
Top China dealmaker set to leave Deutsche Bank
Before Deutsche he was a top China rainmaker at UBS
11/19/2014
Japan’s government plans to name a private-equity executive as the first chief investment officer of the nation’s $1.1 trillion public pension fund
The appointment would put the 49-year-old from central Japan in control of the world’s biggest fund of its kind as the GPIF tries to increase its returns by investing more aggressively.
11/19/2014
Surprise departure at Japanese banking group
Has resigned his position after just 18 months to concentrate instead on work in the charitable sector.
11/18/2014
Citi bolsters India with new ECM chief
Vashistha will report to Ravi Kapoor, head of corporate and investment banking at Citi India
11/14/2014
International law firm adds Edwards Wildman partner in Hong Kong
International law firm has picked up Edwards Wildman Palmer insurance partner Martin Lister in Hong Kong.
11/14/2014
Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations
Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations as Trading Turnover Tops A$20 billion in October
11/14/2014
NAB appoints private wealth manager
NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division
11/13/2014
Bank of Singapore appoints new CEO
He replaces Renato de Guzman, who will retire as CEO from end-January
11/13/2014
UBS Hires Credit Suisse’s Bouvier as Head of Industrials
Bouvier will also be head of UBS’s sector groups for Europe, the Middle East and Asia
11/13/2014
Westpac CEO exits
The bank booked its fifth straight year of record profit this month on robust loan growth and low bad debts.