Julius Baer Calibrates Team Structure

Published by FinewsAsia – Tuesday 30th August 2016

Zurich headquartered Julius Baer has been steadily adding bankers in Asia this year and has now begun to calibrate its team structures. In a note to finews.asia the bank updated its latest internal moves.   

Ivan Guidi has been appointed Deputy Sub Regional Head for Emerging Asia and Senior Client Advisor for UHNW Philippines Reporting to Angela Bow. He was previously Head of Offshore Markets ex-Greater China at Julius Baer and is based in Hong Kong.

Published by FinNews Asia – Sunday 28th August 2016

Standard Chartered’s head of Swiss private banking is set to depart after the bank shut down the unit last year, a source familiar with the matter told finews.asia. The British bank’s brand will disappear from the Geneva banking landscape next month. The trust business is going to be centralized in Singapore.

Mark Hirst,Standard Chartered’s head of private banking in Switzerland, will leave the bank towards year-end, a source familiar with his plans told finews.asia. His boss, Jeremy Parrish, had preceded him, defecting for Julius Baer in June.

Published by Finews Asia – Friday 26th August 2016

HSBC Bank has appointed a new Head of its Retail Banking and Wealth Management business in Singapore. Earlier this year the London headquartered bank was considered to be one of seven domestic systemically important banks in Singapore which led to structural changes.

Taking up the new role Anurag Mathur will be responsible for driving and executing HSBC’s strategy for the Retail Banking and Wealth Management (RBWM) business in Singapore, the bank said in a statement.

Published by FinNews Asia – Tuesday 23rd August 2016

OCBC’s private banking unit, Bank of Singapore, poached two ultra-high net worth private bankers for the Philippines from Switzerland’s Credit Suisse. The Singapore-based bank hired Arthur Ooi as a managing director and team head along with Brandon Ho, named as a senior relationship manager and executive director.

Ho reports to Ooi, who in turn will report to Robin Heng, market head for Indonesia and the Philippines. Ooi and Ho will be based in Singapore. Ooi was most recently team leader at Credit Suisse for

Published by Finews.asia – 14th July 2016 

Zurich headquartered bank Julius Baer has been steadily adding bankers in Asia this year. finews.asia can reveal another senior wealth professional has been hired into the banks Hong Kong business.

Edward Chow has joined Julius Baer as a Group Head, Greater China. Based in Hong Kong, he will report to David Shick, Head Private Banking Greater China.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 11th May 2015

After just more than a year with Bank J. Safra Sarasin, an investment counsellor has moved to Pictet.

Soo Ong Ling has joined Pictet’s Asia advisory team as a senior investment advisor based Singapore. She will report to Richard Mak, head of advisory services, Asia, who is based in Hong Kong.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 11th May 2015

BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s hiring drive for its Asian private banking business continues with the addition of a former UHNW banker from J.P. Morgan.

Mark Tsui joins BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s Hong Kong office as a director, overseeing Greater China clients.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 8th May 2015

Julius Baer has added another relationship manager to its growing team, this time a former Credit Agricole banker.

Charles Salvaire has joined the Swiss pure play as an associate director, focusing on institutional clients. Salvaire will report to Serge Janowski, managing director and head of special markets.

Published by WealthBriefingAsia – 8th May 2015

The international arm of Coutts, which has been sold to Union Bancaire Privee, has confirmed a change at the top with a new CEO.

Coutts & Co Ltd, the international private banking business of Royal Bank of Scotland that was sold last month to Union Bancaire Privee, has confirmed that Alex Classen, its chief executive, is stepping down from the role and will be succeeded by Michael Blake.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 8th May 2015

More than two years after being appointed as the Asia head of Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) private banking arm, the 20 year veteran in legal and wealth management services steps down from the role.

Robert Cormie exits BMO Private Bank two years after joining the Canadian rival, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) where he was its managing director and Asia Pacific head.