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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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