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UBS launches Asia family services unit and names Lau as regional head
UBS has joined rival Credit Suisse by setting up a family services business in Asia to cater to the fast-growing wealth of ultra high-net worth families in the region.
Straley moves to Accenture to run risk management for Asia
Phillip Straley has left consultancy Ernst & Young to join rival Accenture where he will lead the risk management services division for Asia Pacific.
Deutsche Bank private wealth names head of north Asia client products
Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (PWM) has added Tony Tang as head of north Asia client solutions and Eleonore Dachicourt as head of hedge fund sales in Asia as it continues to expand in the region.
Australian corporates weak on scenario analysis and strategic risk management, survey finds
Companies in Australia are good at looking at the operational aspects of risk, but place little thought on scenario analysis and strategic risk control, according to the Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA)
Citi names Treadwell to lead derivatives clearing in Asia
Citi prime finance Asia Pacific is building up a derivatives clearing team in response to moves by regulators to improve supervision of OTC clearing services
BNY Mellon Asset Management Asia chief Jiang relocates to US to run ETF unit
BNY Mellon asset management's Asia Pacific head has quit to run ETF business, Mellon Capital, in San Francisco. But the US bank says Asia remains a strategic priority for the group as business in the region is growing at four times the rate of the US
Axa appoints Chow to lead North Asia sales
Axa IM said its assets under management reached approximately $713 billion as of the end of September 2010.
Martin Wheatley leaving the HK SFC next year
The SFC's first chief executive, Martin Wheatley, will leave the commission in the middle of next year.
Credit Suisse names Fung to head its first family office hub in Singapore
Credit Suisse Private Banking has recruited Bernard Fung from Innotech Advisers to manage the bank's first family office hub in Singapore.
HSBC names Robert Lang as new Hong Kong insurance head
HSBC has transferred Robert Lang from Europe to head its Hong Kong insurance operation
First offshore renminbi swaption accomplished in Hong Kong
The first offshore renminbi OTC swap option was carried out this week between BNP Paribas and HSBC in Hong Kong, brokered by Icap.
Standard Chartered wraps up Korea Air ticket receivables securitisation deal
The ¥40 billion Korean Air Lines securitisation is the largest asset-backed security deal in Asia so far this year.
Daiwa moves for Korea derivatives licence and reaffirms Asia expansion drive
Daiwa Capital Markets finalised its purchase of the Asian equity derivatives and global convertible business of KBC today, and reaffirmed its Asian expansion drive with a bid to secure licences in South Korea
$300m net inflow to Asia hedge funds in Q3, says HFR
Net assets invested in Asian hedge funds rose by more than $300 million during the third quarter, according to research by Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research
RBC acquires Fortis Wealth Management Hong Kong
The Canadian bank wants to hire up to 300 wealth management staff in Asia during the next four years.
Janssens to head JP Morgan treasury & securities services in Japan
The US bank's treasury and securities services chief for Asia, Thomas DuCharme, has named his team heads for Japan and South-east Asia
Credit Suisse launches algorithmic trading in Australia
Credit Suisse has expanded it AES Velocity ultra-low latency trading in Australia after launches in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore this year
Asia now the world's biggest regulated derivatives market, FIA says
Asia overtook North America as the biggest exchange-traded derivatives market for the first time during the first half of the year. And the exchange derivatives market may continue growing after the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reforms, market…
Global OTC derivatives widely dispersed, Isda survey finds
Five largest US-based dealers hold 37% of total notional, trade association says
Deutsche Bank bolsters South-east Asia private wealth unit
Deutsche Bank's goal is to add more than 80 relationship managers across the region during the next two years, according to Ravi Raju, head of Deutsche Bank private wealth management Asia Pacific
Daiwa names Tony Wong head of FICC sales for Asia ex-Japan
Tony Wong's appointment follows a series of senior hires made by Daiwa’s FICC division earlier this year