02/20/2012
Goldman, Morgan Stanley Asian Execs Moving On
Former Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach, known for his outspoken views on China and the U.S. economies, will be retiring from the firm as Asian non-executive chairman.
02/20/2012
AMP Capital expands Aus Equities team
AMP Capital is continuing to grow its Australian Fundamental Equities team taking on two new full time staff, as well as launching a new global resources fund.
02/17/2012
HSBC names executive to head Japan as bank scales back
McLean was also appointed chairman of the Japanese brokerage and asset management units.
02/17/2012
Deutsche Bank structured products head leaves firm
Lee said he plans to do more work with the Oakland Museum of California, for whom he acts as trustee.
02/17/2012
Hillary Clinton among contenders for World Bank top job
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers are two leading candidates to succeed World Bank President Robert Zoellick when he leaves in June, said two people familiar with Obama administration discussion
02/16/2012
JPMorgan hires new Indonesia boss
He was previously with Bank Mandiri
02/16/2012
HSBC India reshuffles senior execs
The move is part of a global reshuffle in Europe’s largest bank by market capitalization.
02/15/2012
HSBC’s labor union pressures management over merger
The British banking giant is in advanced stages of talks with KDB over selling its 11 local retail branches to the state-run lender, which is desperate to strengthen its position in the personal finance market.
02/15/2012
ING Malaysia appoints deputy CEO
He succeeds Datuk Dr Nirmala Menon who has been appointed head of South Asia for ING Insurance Asia Pacific, the company said in a statement today.
02/15/2012
Renaissance Asset Managers appoints new CEO
The appointments mark the further expansion of RAM’s executive and fund management structure
02/15/2012
ANZ reshuffles senior management
ANZ Banking Group will reshuffle its senior management, including the internal appointiment of a new chief financial officer.
02/15/2012
RBS Australian Chief to Leave Bank
He will hand over to Andrew Chick, the head of RBS’s debt capital markets unit in Australia, according to the bank.
02/14/2012
Emerging Asia’s bankers are hiring, private banking growing
In a November 2011 Financial Times article , Citigroup private banking executive Jane Fraser made it clear that the emerging markets game was already in full swing.
02/14/2012
Macquarie Group said to cut 10pc of Asia investment banking jobs
Macquarie, which is mainly cutting vice presidents and some junior positions, will maintain an investment banking presence in 14 countries in Asia, one of the people said.
02/14/2012
ANZ Bank currently employs 49,000 people globally, including about 24,000 in Australia, it said.
02/14/2012
The appointments mark the further expansion of RAM’s executive and fund management structure, following the Firm’s recent acquisition of three emerging Europe funds from Griffin Capital Management, adding four new fund managers to RAM’s
02/14/2012
Based in Hong Kong, he will lead sales strategy for State Street’s hedge fund servicing, real estate and private equity operations across the region and will work closely with client-facing teams to develop sales strategies for its alternative inves
02/14/2012
He has been an analyst and portfolio manager at Australian Ethical for the past three years, holding previous roles at Mercer, Macquarie Bank, Credit Suisse and Mellon.
02/11/2012
He is currently president and chief executive officer of the Malaysian banking giant’s Philippine investment banking unit Maybank ATR Kim Eng Financial Corp.
02/10/2012
He succeeds Nancie Dupier as Chief Executive for Southeast Asia.