Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Swiss asset manager restructures sales team

Where the group used to have separate distribution teams in the region for its units GAM and Swiss & Global Asset Management, it is believed to have integrated them in recent months under Henry Choon, head of Asia ex-Japan at GAM Holding.

Asian equity veteran steps down from UBS

Asian equity specialist Yit-Mee Cheah has retired after 25 years in the fund management industry

Credit Suisse names new Asia hedge fund head

Credit Suisse said Thursday it has hired long-time Nomura Holdings Inc.8604.TO -1.24% hedge-fund executive Aditi Velakacharla to run a Hong Kong-based group at the bank that introduces its Asian hedge fund clients to potential investors.

JPMorgan hires former Glencore crude trader in Singapore

JPMorgan completed the sale of its multibillion-dollar physical commodities unit to Mercuria last year.

Top China dealmaker set to leave Deutsche Bank

Before Deutsche he was a top China rainmaker at UBS

Japan’s government plans to name a private-equity executive as the first chief investment officer of the nation’s $1.1 trillion public pension fund

The appointment would put the 49-year-old from central Japan in control of the world’s biggest fund of its kind as the GPIF tries to increase its returns by investing more aggressively.

Surprise departure at Japanese banking group

Has resigned his position after just 18 months to concentrate instead on work in the charitable sector.

Citi bolsters India with new ECM chief

Vashistha will report to Ravi Kapoor, head of corporate and investment banking at Citi India

International law firm adds Edwards Wildman partner in Hong Kong

International law firm has picked up Edwards Wildman Palmer insurance partner Martin Lister in Hong Kong.

Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations

Chi-X Australia Appoints New Head of Market Operations as Trading Turnover Tops A$20 billion in October

NAB appoints private wealth manager

NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division

Bank of Singapore appoints new CEO

He replaces Renato de Guzman, who will retire as CEO from end-January

UBS Hires Credit Suisse’s Bouvier as Head of Industrials

Bouvier will also be head of UBS’s sector groups for Europe, the Middle East and Asia

Westpac CEO exits

The bank booked its fifth straight year of record profit this month on robust loan growth and low bad debts.

Credit Suisse Group AG's top investment banker for Chinese financial firms,

The Swiss bank is yet to name a successor for the role.

CITIC-Prudential GM quits for personal reasons

Generally speaking, former GMs and other senior executives have likely been recruited by other asset managers

Nikko AM makes three senior hires

Nikko AM has bulked up its investment capabilities with a number of key hires this year

ASK Group ropes in Deepak Rattan from Barclays as private wealth advisory unit COO

The firm has also brought in a new HR chief.

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

Zurich Financial Services Australia has given the current chief executive of its life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region.

SGX sets up board-level inquiry following recent outage

The SGX Board of Directors has set up a board level inquiry committee following the breakdown on 5 November 2014.

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