11/26/2013
Leung's Administration Hit by Resignation of Julia Leung Fung-Yee
The undersecretary for financial services and the treasury, Julia Leung Fung-yee, resigned yesterday without giving a reason
Executive Moves
11/25/2013
DBS names new head of supply chain financing
She will also work towards enhancing DBS’ open account working capital solutions.
11/24/2013
Value Partners Opening Singapore Branch
Hong Kong-based fund house Value Partners is establishing a presence in Singapore and has brought in Chuck Ng Chek Siang, formerly of Credit Suisse
11/24/2013
UBS Equity syndicate Banker Transfers to the US
Hannah Malter is joining UBS’s equity syndicate team for the Americas as the bank aims to put more focus on Latin America.
11/24/2013
HSBC Commercial Banking Makes Senior Management Appointments
Previously, he was regional head of business management for commercial banking in Asia-Pacific, a position he held since January 2012 and prior to that, he was CEO of HSBC Bangladesh.
11/24/2013
Nomura Appoints Asia Ex-Japan M&A Head
Japanese bank names Hajime Higuchi as head of M&A for Asia ex-Japan, replacing Nikhil Nath, who left in March.
11/24/2013
HSBC commercial banking makes key management appointments
HSBC has made a number of senior management changes to its commercial banking business in the Asia-Pacific region .
11/21/2013
Standard Life Investments Appoints Australia Chairman
Standard Life Investments has appointed Peter Young to the newly created role of non-executive chairman for Australia and New Zealand.
11/20/2013
Private wealth management business head joins Credit Suisse
He joins from Julius Baer, where he was managing director of its private wealth management business.
11/20/2013
Henderson poaches Aberdeen manager to head up Asia team
The existing managers of these funds - John Crawford and Marc Franklin - will remain at the firm.
11/19/2013
Nan Fung Hires Blackstone's Greater China Chairman as CEO
He will also become a Senior Adviser to Blackstone and a member of its International Advisory Board.
11/19/2013
Crowe Horwath appoints chief executive
Crowe Horwath Australasia has appointed a new chief executive and managing director after it renamed from WHK Group in mid-2013.
11/18/2013
Societe Generale appoints chief representative officer for Indonesia
He held senior positions at various firms including Barito Mining and Ithaca Resources.
11/18/2013
Meeta Makhan appointed head of India GTS
Meeta joins from Barclays Bank where she was head of coverage for the multinational business in India.
11/18/2013
AMP appoints SMSF managing director
She will report to AMP chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury who will continue to have portfolio responsibility for the AMP SMSF business unit.
11/18/2013
Jaiz Bank Appoints New MD
A statement from the bank said Nurul Islam would be coming with vast knowledge of non-interest Islamic banking experience garnered for over three decades.
11/14/2013
BNP Paribas IP appoints APAC head of official institutions
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed Puay-Lit Tan as head of official institutions, Asia-Pacific, in conjunction with his role as deputy CEO, Singapore.
11/14/2013
Gadens Recruits KPMG Partner
Gadens has announced the appointment of a new hire from KPMG in the firm’s corporate advisory & tax group.
11/13/2013
Montgomery Nabs BlackRock exec as Head of Distribution
Montgomery Investment Management has appointed former BlackRock managing director and head of Retail as head of Distribution.
11/13/2013
Crédit Agricole Private Banking makes key appointments in Switzerland, Asia
Hans Diederen as chief executive for private banking in Asia and Youssef Dib as head of ultra high net worth individuals at the private client division.