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Yang to head SG China

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has announced the appointment of Yang Duan as new Head of the bank's Global Markets division for China. He replaced Gilbert Tse, who has been appointed Head of Lyxor Asset Management for China.

Yang to head SG China

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has announced the appointment of Yang Duan as new Head of the bank's Global Markets division for China. He replaced Gilbert Tse, who has been appointed Head of Lyxor Asset Management for China.

SBI Macquarie hires CEO, Deputy CEO

CEO Varun Bajpai and Deputy CEO Praveen Gupta were assigned to manage SBI Macquarie and future firm.

Chin is new UBS Hana CEO

Michael Chin has been appointed CEO of UBS Hana Asset Management effective in January 2010.

Nomura continues momentum with new hires

Nomura strengthened its offerings in the region with five new appointments to the Asia ex-Japan Investment Banking Division.

Allen Lo appointed UBS Hong Kong CEO

UBS AG appointed Allen LO as Country Head for Hong Kong and Chief Executive of UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch.

BNP Paribas taps Ng for institutional investment

BNP Paribas strengthened its coverage team in Singapore by recruiting Karen Ng as Head of Institutional Investors Relationship Management.

Qiu is new Barclays vice chairman for Asia-Pacific

Zhi Zhong Qiu will be responsible for senior client relationships as new Barclays Capital Vice Chairman for Asia Pacific and Chairman of Greater China.

Yoon appointed Chairman & CEO of UBS Asia Pacific

UBS appointed Chi-Won Yoon as Chairman and CEO of Asia Pacific and as member of UBS's Group Executive Board, effective immediately. Yoon succeeds Rory Tapner who, after 25 years, is leaving UBS.

UBS appoints Anderson to head Fixed Income, APAC

UBS Global Asset Management appointed Anne Anderson as Head of Fixed Income, Asia Pacific. Anne has been with the firm since 1993 and Head of Fixed Income, Australia since 2004.

PRUPIM Asia appoints Traon as Fund Controller

Jean-Brice Traon, following his appointment as PRUPIM Asia's Fund Controller, will be responsible for monitoring and managing the operations of the Company’s funds under PRUPIM Asia Chief Executive Officer Alex Hambly.

Freckenberg, Magnouat head SG’s leveraged finance in Asia

Marc Frenkenberg and Bruno Magnouat will be co-Heads of the Acquisition & Leveraged Finance for Asia Pacific effective 1 August 2009.

Wylie is new CEO of ING Hong Kong and Macau

ING has appointed Mr. John Wylie as Chief Executive Officer, Insurance & Pensions, Hong Kong and Macau, effective 1 June 2009. In his new capacity, Wylie will oversee the life, pension, general insurance and financial planning businesses in Hong Kong and Macau.

BEA Union Investment appoints Schoeppl as CIO

Elke Schoeppl, BEA Union Investment's Head of Equity, will become the Chief Investment Officer effective 1 July 2009. Ms. Schoeppl will replace Mr. John Lai Sung-ziang, who will leave the firm on 30 June 2009 after more than four years of service in the Bank of East Asia Group’s investment management business.

Sandeep Singh heads Franklin Templeton Malaysia

Franklin Templeton Investments, banking on Sandeep Singh's more than 14 years of experience in the asset management industry, has appointed the recently relocated veteran as Country Head of Franklin Templeton Asset Management (Malaysia).

UBS appoints Brown, Tang in research posts

UBS Investment Bank appointed Andy Brown as a Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Research.

Shaun Parkes joins J.P. Morgan in Asia

Shaun Parkes has been appointed by J.P. Morgan as head of Worldwide Securities Services, Asia excluding Japan.

AXA reveals four senior appointments

AXA Life Insurance Singapore appointed four senior executives to respond to the global financial crisis.