Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

ING Bank appoints CEO of commercial banking Asia

Manulife makes senior appointments in Hong Kong

Prior to joining Manulife, Li was a practising solicitor.

Citi names head of Asean, FIG corporate and investment banking in Asia-Pacific

He will be based in Singapore. He joins Citi after more than 15 years with Morgan Stanley – the last fourteen of which were based in Asia-Pacific, where he was most recently a managing director and head of the financial institutions group Asia-Pacif

Campden launches membership to HNW families in Asia

The programme is modelled on that offered to families in the US by the Institute for Private Investors, acquired by Campden last year.

Citi poaches Morgan Stanley financial institutions head

He oins Citi from rival Morgan Stanley, where he worked for 15 years, most recently as head of the financial institutions group for the Asia-Pacific region.

Former Morgan Stanley employee heads to Cantor Fitzgerald

Based in Hong Kong, Chatterjee is responsible for leading the cash equity sales team and expanding the firm's equities trading business in Japan. He reports to Jarred Kessler, global head of equities for Cantor Fitzgerald.

Mercer boosts NZ Investment expertise with new appointments

David Anderson, Mercer’s Managing Director for Australia & New Zealand, said Mr Houghton-Brown’s appointment was indicative of Mercer’s ongoing commitment to the New Zealand market, both from leading client growth and retaining local

Coutts appoints Head of Active Advisory for Asia

He joins Coutts from Credit Suisse

China to expand precious metals trading to interbank market-WSJ

Citing a person involved with the matter, the Journal said on Wednesday the Shanghai Gold Exchange has released draft rules for such interbank trading, which will include spot, forward and swap contracts for precious metals.

Wilson HTM staffers exit for Macquarie

The staff who quit the listed financial services firm are believed to be Peter Day, Carl Daffy, Jarrod Daffy, Richard Nettlefold, Brett Nichols and Ben Rickman.

Michael Ullmer joins Nomura Australia Advisory Board

He was most recently the National Australia Bank Group's Deputy Group CEO,

Franklin appoints head of sales

Pratt is taking over the role from Adam Quaife who was recently promoted to senior director of Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East, where he will spearhead several new initiatives the company is pursuing in Dubai.

Pioneer Investments appoints new Indian business head

He was formerly Group President and Chief Marketing Officer at UTI Mutual Fund

Australian financial services job growth still behind rest of APAC - study

Whilst annual quarterly comparisons revealed an overall decline in financial service job numbers in Australia, there are some signs of recent stability with a 4% increase experienced in finance jobs posted for Q2 compared to Q1 this year.

Schroders Nabs Aberdeen’s Stuart Dear

Dear is well known in the Australian bond market having amassed 15 years of experience between Credit Suisse Asset Management and then Aberdeen. His appointment brings Schroders fixed income and multi-asset team to 11.

Northern Trust continues expansion

Christopher Thomson has joined as a business development manager, in line with plans for 54% staff growth in 2012.

Hunter Hall appoints ex-Perpetual CEO

Hunter Hall International has appointed former Perpetual chief executive officer David Deverall as its new chief following the resignation of David Buckland earlier this year.

Hyperion makes family office hire

Prior to Perpetual, Tilston held business development roles with the London Stock Exchange and Reuters Group of London.

Gender diversity: Headhunters get more for getting women hired

Organizations, in a bid to improve their gender diversity ratio, are pulling out all the stops to recruit female employees, beginning with higher fees for head hunters.

Too few women at top of PSU banks?

Fourteen large private banks were nationalized in 1969 and seven more in 1980.

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