Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

K&L Gates hires arb partner from Bakers in Tokyo

He also counsels on corporate governance, compliance issues, technology transfer agreements, and other general commercial and trade law matters.

All eyes on ANZ Bank CIO post

ANZ was the only one of the big four to have a female CIO

Asian Development Bank Appoints Wei Shang-Jin As Chief Economist

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Columbia University’s professor of finance Wei Shang-Jin as its chief economist, according to the bank’s official announcement.

India's largest private life insurer appoints new CEO

He has over three decades of experience in the banking sector and has held several key positions in various circles of SBI including the bank’s office at Tokyo.

Morgan Stanley names head of Asia fixed income

Previously, he was managing director with the long-only fixed income team within the firm’s traditional asset management business in New York.

Cooley Grows Global Private Investment Funds Practice

Has joined the firm as a partner in its global private investment funds group.

HSBC names Asia point man for central banks

A spokesman for HSBC confirmed the contents of the memo

Edelweiss appoints global wealth management head

He has worked with HDFC Bank for 15 years.

StanChart names new head of capital markets

He will report to Mark Dowie, acting group head of financial markets, and continues to be based in Singapore.

French Banking Group Names Greater China Regional, Country Head

He will assume the role from Sept. 1

Citi appoints Consumer Banking India head

American lender Citi today elevated Kartik Kaushik as the head of consumer banking in the country, replacing Anand Selvakesari.

Japan's Nikko AM hires former SWIP global equities team

Japan’s Nikko Asset Management has hired William Low, former director of global equities at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, to head up a new global equities team.

Milestone Group Appoints BNP Exec to Head Asia-Pacific

Gonzales comes from BNP Paribas, where he was responsible for developing and expanding the bank's global custody offering.

NAB Group CEO announces changes to Group Executive Leadership Team

These individuals will assume their leadership roles immediately.

NAB IT and transformation head Lisa Gray quits

A MANAGEMENT reshuffle at National Australia Bank has led to the departure of enterprise services and transformation chief Lisa Gray.

ANZ appoints Hong Kong CEO

Yeung will report to Farhan Faruqui, CEO, International Banking

BNP Paribas Seoul office names new COO

Prior to his latest appointment, Antier was in Hong Kong, supervising the securities COOs of South Korea, Taiwan, India and Indonesia.

Singapore's GIC names former Temasek head to join board

GIC ranks as the world's eighth largest fund with USD320bn worth of assets while Temasek, another government-owned sovereign wealth fund, manages about USD173bn of assets.

International law firm adds banking partner in HK

His focus will be on the development of new streams of corporate banking business for the firm

Westpac appoints former CBA core banking guru as new CIO

In his new role, he will report to the company's chief operating officer, John Arthur, and also sit on the Westpac Group executive team.

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