03/23/2012
HSBC Appoints APAC Head Of Metals And Mining Research
He most recently worked at Samsung Securities in Hong Kong.
Executive Moves
03/23/2012
Japan govt nominates BNP Paribas economist to BOJ board
He has served as an economist at financial institutions since the late 1980s, would join the central bank shortly after it surprised the markets with unexpected monetary easing and a new inflation goal of 1 percent.
03/23/2012
Asia chief quits UBS GAM
Scott Keller will take over as acting head for the region from April 2, according to the memo
03/23/2012
Schroders loses two analysts
"We are comfortable that Schroders is well placed to cover these departures until replacements have been appointed, a process which is underway," said Standard & Poor's.
03/22/2012
Alvarez & Marsal appoints new MD for Asia
Returning to the Hong Kong office five years after he left A&M he will complement the existing leadership team and will be working closely with clients in Greater China and across Asia.
03/22/2012
Barclays makes key appointments in Asia
Both will report to Gwynne Master, Head of Financial Institutions for Barclays corporate banking in Asia.
03/22/2012
UBS Global AM's Asia Pacific to step down
Chief Executive of UBS Global AM's Asia Pacific business is stepping down.
03/22/2012
Nomura Hires Ex-Credit Suisse Head of Credit Sales
He was previously with Credit Suisse Group where he was head of credit sales for Asia, he said.
03/21/2012
Major financial services headhunter expands Singapore practice
The majority of staff are bilingual, giving the team a full delivery capability in both local and global dialects.
03/21/2012
BoA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs Cut Staff Down Under
Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut at least six staff across equities research and equities sales Monday, people familiar with the matter told Deal Journal Australia.
03/21/2012
RBS’s Head of Asia Loan Markets Origination Leaves Bank
He said he plans to remain in Hong Kong
03/20/2012
Deutsche Bank India hunts for Chadha’s successor
Both Chadha and Cloete will also be part of the expanded global executive committee of DB, which will now have 18 members, up from the current 12.
03/20/2012
Manulife Singapore announces senior management appointments
Leo Ng is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial & Investment Officer. He has worked with Manulife in a range of roles for over 16 years, with his most recent role as the CFO in the Company's Malaysia operations.
03/20/2012
RBS shutting down some Asian units, 70 people hit
The plan is in line with Chief Executive Nazir Razak's ambitions to make CIMB a leading Asian financial services firm.
03/20/2012
Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services announces board changes
He is currently the Managing Director, BNP Paribas Personal Investors South East Asia and Head of Business Development Asia/Middle East.
03/20/2012
nabInvest names global head of distribution
Prior to joining nabInvest he headed the global distribution role at Treasury Group
03/18/2012
German financial giant names Asia-Pacific co-CEO
He will initially be based in Mumbai, where half of the bank's 18,000 employees in Asia are located, will move to Singapore in due course.
03/15/2012
Barclays Capital Lays Off 13 in Asia
One of the people said the redundancies were part of a regular review of costs at the bank.
03/14/2012
Liechtenstein-based boutique poaches Barclays Wealth Expat team head
He started in his newly created role this month as executive director and senior relationship manager after leaving the UK bank in December.
03/14/2012
Asia-Pac transition management head exits Morgan Stanley
The bank has confirmed Surrency’s departure and that he is on garden leave. He has not been replaced and the bank declined to comment on whether he would be.