Merrill Lynch beefs up Asia-Pacific debt team with new hires

Merrill Lynch has hired Sibo Feng as director in its global credit products group to focus on correlation trading. Feng, who will be based in Tokyo, was previously with Bank of America.

The US investment bank has also added several vice-presidents in its Japan investor client group in Tokyo. Hiroshi Kimura is joining from Daiwa SMBC and will provide asset and liability services to Japanese companies, and Ko Nishimura, who is joining from Goldman Sachs, will offer asset and liability services for Japanese regional financial institutions.

Ryota Suzuki was hired as a vice-president responsible for origination, securitisation and liability management for Japanese financial institutions, also in Tokyo. He was previously with JP Morgan Chase.

Elsewhere, Merrill Lynch has hired Daniel Dwyer to join its Australia investors client group in Sydney as an associate. He was previously with CSFB and will focus on asset and liability solutions for Australian financial institutions and corporates.

In Singapore, Hilmy Chung is joining as an associate in Merrill Lynch's Asia issuer client group covering origination and liability matters for South Asian financial institutions and corporates.