Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

HSBC's Mahbub Rahman moves to Malaysia as commercial banking head

Mahbub will report to Noel Quinn

Mariner chairman resigns

Mariner Corporation Limited chairman Don Christie has resigned, effective today

RBC Wealth Management hires MD and co-head North Asia brokerage, futures

He has 20 years of experience in banking, the company said.

KKR names Indonesia head

KKR has named Jaka Prasetya as a managing director to lead its Indonesia coverage as part of its push to beef up its Southeast Asia team.

Frontier makes three key appointments

She has been at Frontier since 2005, with a two-year break, during which she worked at Watson Wyatt in London.

Voya appoints head of emerging market debt

He will be responsible for directing the fund manager's investment strategy across all fixed income asset classes in emerging markets including sovereign and corporate debt, macro analysis, country research, sovereign risk, currencies.

Former ASIC and ASX exec takes on IRESS chair

Dunai first announced his intention to leave the board at the group’s annual general meeting on 1 May at which D’Aloisio’s appointment was also announced with a start date to be decided.

Shenzhen developer Hydoo fires chairman, appoints brother

Hydoo International, a Shenzhen-based developer of commercial trade and logistics centres, has fired chairman Wong Choihing a month after it was confirmed that he was being investigated by the mainland authorities

LCH.Clearnet Appoints Head of SwapClear Australia

He was previously the director of SwapClear business change in the firm's London office, having joined LCH.Clearnet in 2009 as senior manager for over-the-counter clearing, risk and operations.

China AMC general manager quits

China AMC was the second largest asset manager in the country

Y&R Singapore makes senior hire

Young & Rubicam Singapore has appointed Wedad Sunny as client services director.

ING taps Eastspring’s Goyal for top emerging market equity job

ING IM has undergone a significant restructuring of its asset management business in Asia

Perpetual appoints research head from SSgA

Perpetual Investments has appointed a State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) executive as its new head of research and consultant relationships.

RBC GAM hires international CEO

He will oversee RBC GAM's business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region

Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team

The company has appointed Otto Rieth to replace Ramsay as its new head of asset consulting and strategic research.

Nikko Asset sets up global multi-asset team in Singapore

The team will oversee $24bn worth of assets for institutional and intermediary clients.

UBS WM to name new head of global distribution

Most recently his title was head of investment mandates, programme and content management for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore

Barclays managing director leaves

Among the China deals Barclays has been involved in are acting as an adviser to US hog producer Smithfield Food, which was acquired by Shuanghui International last year.

BoA Merrill Lynch loses Champion

He has spent approximately two years in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s prime brokerage group in Hong Kong. He has also held roles at the bank in Tokyo and London.

Union Bancaire Privee hires Singapore head of multi-family office

Swiss asset and wealth manager Union Bancaire Privee has added a duo from DBS for its new multi-family office unit, including Joerg Hansen as Singapore head.

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