Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

One lawyer to remain in Skadden's Sydney office after three join Allen & Overy

American Lawyer reported in February that Skadden would be closing its Sydney office, which at the time had five lawyers.

China's Huge Pension Fund Is Hiring in Sign of Risky Asset Push

The fund, whose main purpose is to provide support for China’s elderly, is under pressure to generate higher returns as the country’s 1.4 billion people age and yields on government bonds hover near historic lows.

Centuria appoints new CFO

This announcement follows the news that Centuria toomk a $104 million stake in Sydney's Australian Technology Park.

HKEX Announces New Head of Cash Trading

HKEX's Cash Trading group is responsible for the business and operations of trading in Hong Kong's securities market.

Goldman's Asia M&A Chairman Campbell-Breeden to Move to London

The banker, who has been with Goldman Sachs for more than 26 years, helped lead M&A in the region since 2008 and also held the title of vice chairman of investment banking.

WFW announces eight new partner promotions for 2016

The appointments will be effective from 1 May 2016 and involves lawyers in four of the firm’s 14 offices.

Sidley adds project finance expert from W&C

He has also counseled clients on acquisitions, restructuring, and asset and trade financings.

Senior Goldman Asia banker returns to London

The bank has no plan to fill the vacated Asia roles.

ICBC hires new head of sales

He joins with more than 15 years’ experience in sales and structuring, most recently as head of European sales at Royal Bank of Scotland.

Leonteq names new Singapore CEO

Schmid, Ng’s predecessor, has returned to Switzerland to take on the role of head of sales

Cim Global Business announces the appointment of its Managing Director for Singapore as part of their Asian expansion

Before joining Standard Chartered, Udit held a variety of sales and operational roles including fund administration of Private Equity and Hedge Funds in multiple jurisdictions including Singapore, Canada, USA and India.

Julius Baer Hires Emerging Asia Head

The hire means the Philippine and Thai teams, who previously had separate reporting lines, will now report straight to Bow.

Malaysia’s Pilgrims Fund Board names new CEO

The acquisition drew public backlash as LTH had paid 43 times more than the price paid by 1MDB when the latter initially acquired the land from the federal government at a bargain. Mr. Ismee is on the board of directors for 1MDB.

Mercer’s Craig Plane to lead Bridge’s Singapore office

Bridge is a specialist financial services management consultancy firm, specialising in areas including strategy and transformation, information management, systems integration and project delivery.

Leading offshore law firm builds Corporate strength in Hong Kong

Her appointment brings the total number of Partners in the global Banking Team to 22.

Sameer Chadha appointed partner and CEO of KPMG’s offshore arm in India

During his eight year tenure at Barclays Shared Services, the firm grew from 700 to approximately 10,000 employees.

Mirae Asset hires ETF product specialist from HKEx

Mirae Asset Global Investments has hired David Quah as the product specialist of the ETF team.

Citi names new country officer in China

Citi has appointed Christine Lam as its country officer for China.

Aberdeen adds head of multi-asset solutions

Aberdeen International Fund Managers has announced that Irene Goh will be joining the firm this month as head of multi-asset solutions for Asia Pacific.

MyState board changes

We are very pleased that Brian Bissaker has agreed to join MyState’s board.

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