Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Longtime Orix Head to Step Aside

Mr. Miyauchi was one of the first employees of Orix’s predecessor, Orient Leasing Co., established in 1964

BOK names new head of reserve management

The Korean central bank has promoted a 30-year veteran as its new director-general of reserve management

Standard Chartered names Taiwan CEO

He succeeded Ajay Kanwal, who became Standard Chartered's regional CEO for Northeast Asia and president and CEO for South Korea last month.

BNP Paribas appoints custody product head

In his time with BNP Paribas he has held the positions of product manager and head of registry services.

ABN Amro names Asia commodities head

She would be tasked with overseeing the bank's Hong Kong commodities desk and the regional structured inventory product desk in Singapore as ABN pressed ahead with its global expansion plan.

Say goodbye to banking’s celebrity CIO

He said he would likely remain at CBA until late August

Boutique Australian equities manager expands to Sydney

His most recent position was managing director, global natural resources with Macquarie Bank.

Veteran investment banker appointed new CSE Chairman

He succeeds Krishan Balendra, who will step down as the Chairman of the CSE at the Annual General Meeting, on the conclusion of the customary three year term.

Indian Bank appoints a new CFO

He will be the new Chief Financial Officer of Indian Bank with immediate effect in place of Shri K. Ravichandran, Deputy General Manager.

Abu Dhabi’s NBAD Hires From HSBC as Thursby Seeks to Recruit 450

Will also seek to add people with experience in North East and South East Asia as it pursues expansion plans stretching from Lagos to Singapore.

Banking technology chief quits Commonwealth for Barclays

The move marks the end of a tenure that has seen CBA reinvent itself as a leader in the technology space

Macquarie Bank names managing director

Current managing director and chief executive Greg Ward will remain as the group's deputy MD

Barclays loses head of Asia-Pacific business

According to sources cited by Bloomberg, eight managing directors began an exit from the bank's markets unit earlier in the year, after trading income fell dramatically.

BoA-Merrill ramping up Asia trading team

The US bank has hired a batch of senior traders and sales traders from rivals, notably Credit Suisse, in a drive to integrate execution for long-only and hedge fund investors.

Asian banks actively recruiting syndicators

Asian banks based in Hong Kong are hiring more actively than their US and European counterparts as they seek to boost their syndicated loan teams and climb the related league tables.

Perpetual Private creates new head of investment research role

Lidbury has 17 years' experience in financial services and moves into the position from his current role as general manager research and operations with Perpetual Investments. Prior to joining Perpetual he was manager research relationships at MLC /

MCX CEO resigns just after three months

The resignation comes amid a tussle between Multi Commodity Exchange of India and erstwhile promoter Financial Technologies (India) Ltd on the issues of divestment of FTIL's stake in the bourse and PwC's audit report on corporate governance at t

New head of marketing at Bank of Melbourne

The move follows the elevation of Georgina Williams to group executive marketing and corporate affairs in January.

Winton Capital picks senior investment specialist to head new Australia office

The $25 billion manager is also opening offices in New York and Tokyo this year

Yi Gang: Frontrunner for China's next central bank chief

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange director Yi Gang has been tipped as the favorite to take over as governor of the People's Bank of China when Zhou Xiaochuan retires.

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