Ex-UBS NRI banker finds a new home

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 24th February 2015

One of the bankers from UBS’ erstwhile mom-resident Indian (NRI) team based in Hong Kong has signed on with another bank after the Swiss bank reorganised that part of its business in November of last year.

Shruti Garg, formerly a director with UBS, has joined DBS as senior vice president in the NRI team, three months after her exit from the bank. At UBS, Garg was part of Jaya Mahajan’s team. Mahajan continues to be with UBS. When contacted a spokesman from DBS confirmed the move.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 18th February 2015

The musical chair of an industry with a shallow talent pool continues as a former fund specialist from DBS Private Bank joins an old employer in HSBC.

Nicol Poon joins HSBC as an investment specialist, believed to be in a similar capacity as when he was with

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 16th February 2015

Having left the bank momentarily, Bank of Singapore’s former head of fund solutions returns.

Chandrima Das rejoins Bank of Singapore after leaving late last year. The 17-year veteran wealth and asset management professional is believed to be returning  in similar capacity as the Singapore private bank’s head of fund solutions. In this role, das is believed to reporting into Hou Wey Fook, managing director and chief investment officer – himself, too, a seasoned professional in fund management having spent

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 11th February 2015

After more than five years with the Swiss bank, BSI’s head of structured products in Asia leaves to join an external asset manager (EAM) – a growing industry that is estimated to reach up to US$100 billion in assets by 2017.

Vinit Sarangdhar has resigned from BSI Bank where he was head of structured products, based in Singapore. He is now CEO of Alpha Vectors, an EAM business, also based in Singapore.

Published by WealthBriefingAsia  – 30th January 2015

Anne Grim, who has been head of global client experience at the wealth arm of Barclays since 2010, has left the firm, this publication can exclusively report. Her future career plans at this stage are unknown.

It is understood that the global client experience arm of the bank is being realigned and Grim will not be replaced.