Barcap appoints head of structuring Asia-Pacific

Barclays Capital has appointed Chak Wong as a managing director, head of structuring in investment banking Asia Pacific. Wong, who will lead the Asia Pacific structuring team within investment banking on a cross asset-class basis, will report to Patrick Kwan, managing director, head of derivatives and financing solutions, investment banking Asia Pacific.

Wong joins from UBS where he was managing director and co-head of the Asia Pacific Structured Products Group, responsible for designing and trading structured derivatives. Prior to that he was at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as a quant, structurer and derivatives trader. Wong started his career with Goldman Sachs as a quant in exotic derivatives.