Deutsche Bank ousts John Cryan and names Christian Sewing as chief

Published by eFinancialCareers.com – 22nd March 2018

Julius Baer may not be hiring quite as aggressively as in 2016, but it is still growing its front-office headcount in Singapore this year.

In the past few weeks it has taken on DBS banker Laurent Chevalley as a managing director and senior advisor, and recruited Winston Teo from Bank of Singapore as Southeast Asia team head, according to their public profiles.

Published by Asian Private Banker – 6^th April 2018

EFG has named Credit Suisse’s former APAC Vice Chairman as a candidate for its board of directors, according to media release from the bank on Friday.

Published by Wealth Briefing Asia – 5th April 2018

This publication can exclusively report on a senior hire in the market for Indonesia. Citi Private Bank has appointed Simon Kastono as global market manager for Indonesia, taking up the role from 2 April this year, this publication can reveal. 

Published by finews.asia – 3rd Apr 2018

UBS said it is appointing a well-known Asia rainmaker to its board. The move underscores the Swiss bank’s ambition to deepen ties with the region’s wealthy and powerful.

Published by Wealth Briefing Asia – 27th Mar 2018

BNP Paibas the French banking group, has appointed Vikas Jaidka as the new head of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) clients.

Published by Business Times – 21st Mar 2018

STANDARD Chartered on Wednesday said that its global CEO of the commercial and private banking business, Anna Marrs, has resigned. 

Published by Business Times – 20th Mar 2018

The Pictet Group said on Monday that it has obtained a wholesale bank licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to expand its operations here.
The Swiss private bank said that its Singapore bank, Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) Ltd (BPCAL), has received regulatory approval for a wholesale bank licence from the MAS, and expects to begin operations as a wholesale bank on April 2.

Published by efinancialcareers– 13th Mar 2018

Standard Chartered has recruited a new managing director in Singapore after he spent just five months at Safra Sarasin. Nakul Beri, an experienced non-resident Indian (NRI) banker, shifted to Standard Chartered Private Bank earlier this month, according to his public profile.