Former ANZ NRI banker moves to BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 28th January 2015

In a bid to bolster its frontline and tap a market of investors with US$2.1 trillion in wealth, BNP Paribas Wealth Management hires a former ANZ non-resident (NRI) banker to its team.

Sunita Malik joins the French leader as a relationship manager covering Indian markets based in Singapore. She will report to Akshay Jaitley, managing director and NRI head of North Asia, also based in Singapore.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 27th January 2015

Asia’s private banking community can relish in the fact that one of its very own lends a hand to head Sri Lanka’s central bank, following the storied rise to presidency of common opposition candidate, Maithripala Sirisena.

Former HSBC Private Bank chief strategist, Arjuna Mahendran, will join the Sri Lankan government as its new central banking head. Mahendran will be greeted with familiar faces as he had held multiple senior positions with both the Sri Lankan central bank and ministry of finance.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 27th January 2015

In an effort to bolster its coverage of institutional and financial intermediary relationships, including private banks, Capital Group hires a former head of Hong Kong sales from Morgan Stanley’s asset management arm.

Stanley Chan joins the American asset manager as a relationships manager, responsible for expanding Capital Group’s institutional and financial intermediary relationships in Hong Kong. Previously, Chan worked for the likes of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Wellington Global Investment Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.