04/23/2015
Construction Bank President Zhang Said to Be Set to Retire
Any departure of the Communist Party appointee may trigger a round of management changes
Executive Moves
04/22/2015
Countplus appoints new financial planning business head
Kraft is currently director and executive chairman of Countplus subsidiary TFS Group.
04/22/2015
CFSGAM recruits veteran
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has managed to recruit industry veteran David Wilson to the new role of Head of Research for the Australian Equities, Growth team.
04/22/2015
Ex-Toyota executive nominated as Bank of Japan board member
The Japanese government on April 21 nominated Yukitoshi Funo, a senior adviser to Toyota Motor, to join the Bank of Japan’s policy board.
04/21/2015
Countplus appoints head of newly established financial planning business
The new business, set to officially launch in mid-May, will look to partner with quality financial planning firms through a shared equity model.
04/21/2015
Prestige Equity Hong Kong adds Valued Experience to their Private Client Division
Prestige Equity announce the appointment of Richard Stanton to the position "Operations Management' for The Asian Pacific Region
04/21/2015
JPMorgan’s Japan head of equity research resigns
Jesper Koll is leaving JPMorgan Chase & Co. after running the firm’s equity-research team in Tokyo for more than five years
04/21/2015
BlackRock Names Ex-Japan Post Bank President as Japan Chairman
Investors at the firm have been seeking more Japanese assets as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus policies drive equity and property prices higher.
04/20/2015
UBS revamps products, intermediaries divisions
The Swiss bank is integrating its global financial intermediaries unit with its investment products and services division. It has also appointed a new head of investment products and services for Asia Pacific.
04/20/2015
Former deputy premier joins investment bank Moeli
His first major role since resigning from the NSW ministry last year.
04/17/2015
OMGI chief looks to hire star managers for Asia buildout
The CEO of Old Mutual Global Investors is aiming to recruit star managers along with other staff in Asia as part of a regional expansion. But Julian Ide wants employees who fit in with the asset manager's culture.
04/17/2015
JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director
He joins J.P. Morgan from Goldman Sachs where he was managing director and co-head of investment banking services in Australia.
04/17/2015
Swiss private bank appoints new market head in Singapore
He's the new market head Indian Subcontinent and Non-Resident Indian in Singapore
04/17/2015
Barclays gets new head for Taiwan operations
He will report to Edward Weeks,
04/17/2015
Northern Trust appoints two sales representatives in Australia
Asset management company Northern Trust Corp appointed Shane Teunissen and Ann-Marie Garry as sales representatives to support its expansion across Australia.
04/17/2015
Coutts’ head of advisory departs
Coutts has not yet named a replacement.
04/16/2015
TIAA-CREF appoints head of sales office for the Asia-Pac region
Andrew Kleinig has joined TIAA-CREF Asset Management as director, institutional asset management business development – Asia Pacific
04/16/2015
Credit Suisse names Greater China IB heads
Credit Suisse has appointed George Chow and Zeth Hung co-heads of Greater China investment banking
04/15/2015
Bosera GM calls it a day
Mr. Wu previously worked for China Merchants Securities, the major shareholder of Bosera AM. He assumed the GM position in July 2013.
04/15/2015
Temasek CEO Ho Ching to take 3-month leave
Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings said Chief Executive Ho Ching is taking a three-month sabbatical