UBS snares Siddiqi as head for fixed-income corporate coverage in Asia

UBS hires Siddiqi to head Asia-Pacific FICC corporate coverage group as part of an effort to build up its fixed-income operation in the region

Lutfey Siddiqi, head of the fixed-income, currencies and commodities corporate coverage group for Asia-Pacific at UBS

UBS has hired Lutfey Siddiqi as managing director and head of the fixed-income, currencies and commodities (FICC) corporate coverage group (CCG) for Asia-Pacific, a newly created role.

Based in Singapore, Siddiqi will report to London-based global head of FX distribution George Athanasopoulos. In Asia, he will report to Andrew Kleeger and Gerald Chan, co-heads of FICC distribution.Siddiqi will sit