Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Taiwan’s BLF appoints seven managers for domestic ESG mandate

Each manager will receive NT$6 billion in funding.

Industry leaders join Prospa board

Two prominent female financial services executives have joined the board of online small business lender Prospa.

Westpac appoints new general manager

Westpac Institutional Bank appointed a new general manager, corporate and institutional banking following Michael Correa's recent promotion.

NAB sacks bankers as wave of cuts begins

NAB's NSW credit risk department was ground zero for the problems with NAB's Introducer Program

Report says Joseph Yam to chair SFC

Yam was the first chief executive of the HKMA from 1993 to 2009. Currently, he is a member of the executive council assisting the chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.

Falcon 1MBD Recovery Hits Snag

A spokesman for the bank confirmed the exit of Zgraggen, Studach, Sauter and Schulthess, who have a combined 32 years with the Zurich-based bank.

Securities Commission Malaysia names new deputy chief executive

He succeeds Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin

UBS Poaches for Fund Unit

UBS wants to expand Fondcenter, an asset management push to sell funds to other institutions, in Singapore and Hong Kong.

WAM Capital founding director resigns

WAM chair Geoff Wilson thanked Kidman for his contribution, adding: "I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Matthew and I have particularly valued his clear thinking and decisive comments."

Willis Towers Watson hires institutional risk expert

WTW chairman of financial solutions Paul Davidson highlighted the hire as an example continued expansion.

SGX enhances Fixed Income business with new leadership and post trade role

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has appointed Mark Leahy as Head of Fixed Income. In this role, Leahy will be responsible for executing the strategy for SGX’s bond trading business, SGX Bond Pro, including driving institutional participation.

Nitin Rao joins as CEO of Reliance Wealth Mangaement

Rao joined Reliance Wealth Management after 19 years at HDFC Bank, where he was executive vice president of private banking group and third party products, and had built its wealth business ground up into a significantly dominant leadership position.

LCR Capital elevates Dinesh Goel to Managing Director

Dinesh is a second-generation entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in finance, real estate, textiles and education industries. Dinesh received his MBA at Thunderbird – The School of International Management at Arizona State University.

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

Three recent hires means the investment team has grown to 17 and is now responsible for about $7 billion in assets under management

Bell AM recruits senior global equities analyst

He was also a senior investment analyst at Global Value Investors and an investment analyst at Boston Company Asset Management.

FIIG Securities goes global, appoints chief executive

The new subsidiary will be led by former senior global financial markets executive Peter Sorenson as chief executive.

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund names new CEO

During an introductory speech last week, Choi noted that KIC had, in a “short amount of time”, already established its own overseas investment system, and had built up assets under management to more than $130bn.

Fortnum appoints new chair

He has had over 30 years’ experience in the financial markets and has held positions as head of research at vanEyk Research

UBS Wins Asian Heavyweight

Hu is the second Asia-based representative to sit on the Swiss bank's board after Joseph Yam, who ran Hong Kong's central bank until 2009.

Qiming Venture Partners Welcomes Steven Hu as a Partner

He joined Ourpalm Ltd as the CEO, in charge of operation and investment. Ourpalm is leading mobile game developer and publisher listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

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