08/17/2018
Citi joins HSBC in creating senior Belt and Road role
On Thursday Citi said it had appointed Beibei Li as head of banking and origination for Belt and Road in Asia
Executive Moves
08/17/2018
Westpac hires Citigroup tech exec as influential CIO Dave Curran retires
The appointment is a crucial one for the bank, with Mr Curran having been central to a major change in the way the increasingly digitally focused institution manages and uses the vast quantities of data it generates.
08/16/2018
BNP Poaches from Deutsche Bank
BNP Paribas has tapped yet another investment banker for its team of ultra-high net worth private bankers in Hong Kong.
08/16/2018
BNP Paribas reshuffles Asia transaction banking team
He is based in Singapore and reports to Chye Kin Wee, head of transaction banking for Asia Pacific.
08/15/2018
Nikko AM wins Aussie equities mandate
ANZ New Zealand Investments awarded the mandate to the Sydney-based Nikko Australian equities team, headed by Brad Potter.
08/15/2018
Columbia Threadneedle hires new head of institutional for Australia
He joins from NAB Asset Management and has almost 20 years’ experience in the institutional business, with roles at Barclays Global Investors and BlackRock.
08/15/2018
BNP Paribas Wealth Management loses China market boss
He departs with the French bank in the midst of a three-year plan to become one of Europe’s top-three investment banks by adding 350 clients to the 1,700 it already serves.
08/15/2018
Willis Towers Watson fills newly created Asia Pacific position
Mr. Montgomery was previously head of Asia at Australia-based M&A insurance broker Risk Capital Advisors.
08/15/2018
Credit Suisse Asia corporate communications head Sheel Kohli leaving: sources
The reason for his departure was not immediately known.
08/15/2018
Conyers senior partner moves from Singapore to Cayman
Conyers strengthens Cayman corporate practice with senior partner move
08/15/2018
China's Han Kun Expands Hong Kong Office With Simpson Thacher Hires
Han Kun's Hong Kong associated law firm welcomes two capital markets partners
08/15/2018
Norton Rose Fulbright Nabs Clifford Chance's Perth Head
Paul Lingard is set to leave the Magic Circle firm less than 18 months after taking over its leadership in western Australia.
08/14/2018
Morgan Stanley intern nabs senior SE Asia role in seven years
Tsuei began her finance career on Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment banking team in the U.S. before moving to Singapore in 2015, the memo shows.
08/14/2018
Financial Risk Solutions makes key hires
McDonagh joins in Dublin as Financial Controller, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer.
08/14/2018
Deutsche Bank appoints new Vietnam country head
Steinemueller adds that Vietnam is “one of our key markets in Southeast Asia” and that “last year we significantly increased our capital base in this market”.
08/09/2018
VP Poaches from Indosuez
VP Bank has poached an industry veteran from Indosuez as its head of private banking in southeast Asia, several sources told finews.asia.
08/09/2018
Heitman appoints Brad Fu for new Asia Pacific role
He has also worked as portfolio manager for Netherlands-based APG Asset Management, and investment banking analyst at Singapore’s DBS Bank.
08/09/2018
ASI hires ex-Coutts exec as Hong Kong chief
Aberdeen Standard Investments has brought in David Lam to oversee its Hong Kong business.
08/09/2018
Former advice specialist hired as Zenith analyst
In January, Stephen Colwell who had worked at Kearney Group as a financial adviser for about six years was hired as a Zenith investment analyst.
08/09/2018
Julius Baer Poaches from Blackrock
The bank declined to comment on the move.