11/05/2014
Global Head of Fiduciary at Barclays elected Worldwide Chair of STEP
STEP’s Board of Directors, which has eight members, was created in 2010 to manage the interests and affairs of the Society.
Executive Moves
11/04/2014
Vontobel appoints Asia Pacific head for structured products platform
He will be responsible for the development and further implementation of Vontobel’s deritrade® Multi Issuer Platform in the Asia Pacific region with the goal of establishing the electronic platform of choice for structured products participants.
11/03/2014
Clearview Wealth announces new management structure
ClearView Wealth Limited has revealed the management structure resulting from its acquisition of Matrix Financial Planning.
11/03/2014
Westpac director resigns from board
Westpac director Ann Pickard will retire from the board after the bank's annual general meeting on 12 December, chairman Lindsay Maxsted announced in a statement.
11/02/2014
Evercore Hires Credit Suisse exec to expand fund placement business
Evercore announced today that its Private Funds Group has made two new hires in its Hong Kong office, expanding the team’s current activities in the Asia Pacific region.
11/02/2014
StanChart directors to push for chief’s succession plan
Standard Chartered’s non-executive directors intend to discuss a succession plan to replace Peter Sands as chief executive in a private meeting with the bank’s chairman next week
10/31/2014
Zurich makes senior appointment
Zurich Financial Services Australia has made a senior appointment within its life and investments business.
10/30/2014
Vanguard hires senior economist for Asia Pacific
Vanguard promoted Rodney Comegys to head of investments
10/30/2014
SGX's chief regulatory officer leaving to join Abu Dhabi Global Market
Abu Dhabi Global Market is a financial zone aimed initially at the private banking, wealth management and asset management sectors and which will formally launch in 2015.
10/30/2014
Pimco's head of global wealth management steps down
He plans to return to the industry in 2015 to do consultancy work.
10/30/2014
Barclays names Korea chief
He will continue as head of investment banking in Korea, reporting to Patrick Kwan and Reid Marsh, co-heads of investment banking, Asia-Pacific.
10/29/2014
RBS names two managing directors to Asia Pacific Markets business
Holdstock joins from Nomura
10/29/2014
ING Vysya Bank CEO steps down
While his term was to end on August 31, 2015, he said he was leaving the company to pursue new challenges
10/29/2014
Franklin Templeton adds to fixed income team
The announcement follows the appointment of managing director Chris Siniakov and director Andrew Canobi in May 2014
10/29/2014
Aviva adds EM and Asia fund manager
Aviva Investors has added fund manager Xiaoyu Liu to its emerging markets and Asia Pacific equities teams.
10/29/2014
Abu Dhabi Global Market appoints regulatory authority chief
After a worldwide hunt, the Abu Dhabi Global Market has hired a top executive from the fast-growing Singapore financial centre for one of the key jobs in the capital’s financial free zone.
10/28/2014
Societe Generale names regional head of trade
Societe Generale said it appointed a new regional head of trade for Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East within its global transaction banking division.
10/28/2014
BlackRock's new Asia-Pacific chief focusing on growth
BlackRock Inc. Asia-Pacific operations are poised to make a more significant contribution to the money management giant's overall business in coming years
10/28/2014
Colin Holdstock, Glen Goh join RBS's Asia-Pacific markets business
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc has hired Colin Holdstock and Glen Goh to head its Asia-Pacific markets business, both based in Singapore
10/27/2014
Value Partners boosts team with McKinsey hire
Hong Kong-based fund management company Value Partners Group Ltd appointed Mayank Parekh as director and managing partner for Asia and Demetrio Di Martino to lead telecom media technology practice in Asia.