Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Henley & Partners appoints new head of South-east Asia

Prior to joining Henley & Partners, Volek had a successful career as part of the senior management team in KPMG

Northern Trust makes senior appointment for EMEA and APAC

He forms part of Northern Trust's global securities lending team where he is responsible for all aspects of fixed income trading strategy. He reports to John Irwin, head of international trading in EMEA APAC.

SFC names new head of enforcement

Atkinson is currently the director of the enforcement branch of Ontario Securities Commission, Canada.

Medibank Appoints Former National Australia Bank CFO as CEO: Top 5 Facts about Drummond

Australia’s private health insurer, Mediabank Private Ltd, has appointed Craig Drummond as its new CEO starting July 4.

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles.

Indian-American named President, CEO of Bank of the West

It is a unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas. Nandita Bakhshi also serves on the board of the Consumer Bankers Association

Bank of Korea Announces Four New Board Member Candidates

The candidates -- who are recommended by different organizations and serve a four-year terms -- need to be approved by President Park Geun Hye.

Airlie Funds Management gets a boost as Matt Williams joins John Sevior

The pair worked together at Perpetual for more than a decade with Mr Williams taking the reins as head of equities when Mr Sevior left in late 2011.

NAB appoints ex-Genesys MD

He was a director of AMP's Horizons academy and created Horizons Financial Group.

RBC WM hires SEA head

Based in Singapore, Tho Gea Hong will be responsible for providing “strategic direction and managerial counsel” for the SEA business, RBC WM said.

Japan’s pension fund names head of new group

The government of Japan founded GPIF in 2006 to manage and invest the reserve funds of the government pension plans entrusted by the minister of health, labour and welfare

HSBC appoints Hitendra Dave as Head of Global Banking Markets

Dave's responsibilities have been widened and will now include Corporate Banking, Capital Financing, and Financial Institutions, it added.

Japan Names Former Norinchukin veteran as Next GPIF President

Norihiro Takahashi Tuesday was appointed next president of Japan's 139.8 trillion yen Government Pension Investment Fund, effective April 1, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed.

Boutique global equities manager hires head of research from London

The appointment follows the recent 'Recommended' ratings from Lonsec for the Wingate Global Equity Fund

Shaw and Partners appoints CBA, Macquarie vet

Geoff Carrick joins the firm from CBA Institutional Equities, where he was head of capital markets.

Senior NRI banker boosts BOS Dubai

He now reports to Kirit Chauhan.

Manulife names vice president and chief information officer

Van den Broek will lead the Hong Kong Information Service team in the planning and implementation of organization IT systems in support of the Hong Kong business operations.

Vontobel bolsters Asian wealth team

At CTBC Bank, she was responsible for HNW clients in China and Taiwan

Sales team shake up for Jupiter in Asia Pacific

Hong Kong-based Peter Swarbreck, Jupiter’s head of Asia Pacific

Sanctum Wealth Management appoints Chief Investment Officer

Sanctum Wealth Management announced the appointment of Sunil Sharma as Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Sharma will oversee the investment management function, a 12 member investment team at the company.

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