Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Mercer appoints two independent directors

The non-independent director appointment was Mercer's human resources leader for the Pacific Michele Glover, who will join the Mercer

BofA Names Ex-Mitsubishi UFJ Tie-Up CEO Ohmori Tokyo Branch Head

Ohmori holds a MBA in finance and accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and attended Harvard University’s Women’s Executive Program

Ex-RBS veteran Wade joins Natixis

The appointment also comes off the back of a very strong start to the year for Asian bond issuance.

Ipsos appoints new India head

He will be the new country manager and managing director effective from the first week of September

ICICI Bank’s K Ramkumar moves from HR to head CSR division

ICICI will be investing Rs 250-Rs 300 crore a year in the ICICI Foundation

Citi to hire 100 bankers in Asia, eyes more business from smaller clients

The increase in headcount, which represents a 10 percent boost for Citi's Asia-Pacific commercial banking unit, is aimed at offering firms with annual sales of between $10 million and $500 million additional services such as foreign exchange and cash

New Zealand central bank official to head Asia-Pacific finance markets group

The Working Group on Financial Markets reviews central bank policies and developments in foreign exchange, money and bond markets in the region, and plays a key role in establishment of the EMEAP's Asian Bond Fund.

Ex-STB marketing chief joins OCBC

OCBC Bank has appointed previous Singapore Tourism Board marketing chief as its head of advertising and branding.

Macquarie sheds 300 planners after advice crackdown

Once Australia’s biggest financial advice players, Macquarie Private Wealth now employs 300 private client financial advisers, compared to 600 disclosed in 2012.

Royal Bank of Scotland names India Country Executive

The Royal Bank of Scotland today announced the appointment of Brijesh Mehra as the Country Executive for India.

Deutsche wealth arm appoints Japan real estate head

The position of head of real estate, Japan, was previously held on an interim basis by Koichiro Obu.

Former Macquarie exec resurfaces at BT

Prior to taking a sabbatical in May last year, Mouat was at Macquarie Capital Securities for 20 years, holding the position of senior managing director of the India division for the last four of those.

JPMorgan names former Citi executive to lead China bank

He joined JPMorgan in January and previously held leading roles at Citigroup, including senior country officer in Vietnam.

Nomura names joint heads for local IB business

Nomura Australia has named John Hanson and Andrew Macgonigal joint heads of its investment banking business, as the incumbent Ian Maxton becomes a senior advisor

Leading Global investment bank names new chairman of Southeast Asia

He will relocate back to Singapore from Hong Kong, is taking up a role last held by L. Brooks Entwistle, who retired from Goldman Sachs in November 2012.

Structured product specialist IDAD expands Asia team

IDAD and Compass Global Wealth have hired Martin Cartwright as a business development manager in its Asia team.

YBR director steps down

The company is at the start of the next phase in its development.

Head of Russell Investments' Australian departs

He joined Russell in 2009, after working at QIC and Mercer.

China Renaissance Securities hires JPMorgan's Yang Diao

Diao and Lam will report to China Renaissance chairman and CEO Fan Bao.

State Street names head of Asia Pacific sector solutions

Based in Hong Kong, Wong will report to Wai-Kwong Seck, head of State Street's Asia-Pacific global services and global markets businesses, the company said.

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