Two advisers join Koda Captial as partners

Published by AsianPrivateBanker  – 3rd March 2015

About a month after former Credit Agricole Private Banking Hong Kong CEO Serge Janowski resurfaced at Julius Baer, the Swiss pure play has selected a clutch of relationship managers as part of the industry veteran’s new Hong Kong team.

Johann Santer joins from investment company C-Quadrant, Jinhoo Lee from Citibank, and Xavier Bosco from Commerzbank.  Bosco will focus on institutional clients and report to Janowski, who is Julius Baer’s managing director and head of special markets.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker  – 3rd March 2015

Lombard Odier’s head of investment services and advisory has left the bank after joining the pure play just over a year ago.

Todd James has left the Swiss boutique private bank after joining in January 2014.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 2nd March 2015

A former managing director and market head at RBC Wealth Management in Singapore has re-emerged five months after leaving the bank to take up a similar position at LGT.

A spokesperson for the Prince of Liechtenstein’s private bank has confirmed the appointment of Soh Chye Guan as managing director. Soh left RBC Wealth Management in September 2014 after less than a year in the role. While at the Canadian lender, he reported into Grace Barki, head of RBC Wealth Management Southeast Asia.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 2nd March 2015

Swiss pure play UPB loses its most senior banker in Asia as regional CEO resigns after five years in the role.

Stephan Repkow, UPB’s Singapore-based CEO, was responsible for hiring several bankers during his tenure – including Iu Jin Ong (Eugene Ong) as head of its multi family office business, and Suzuki Takenori as a senior relationship manager – as part of his mandate to build out the bank’s Asian franchise.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 27th February 2015

After 18 months in the role, the managing director of ANZ’s global private wealth arm leaves as the Australian bank merges its wealth and private bank Asia teams.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 25th February 2015

Goldman Sachs’ wealth management arm in Hong Kong loses a ten-year veteran.

Emma Lam exits the bank after having joined in early 2005. Lam was most recently an executive director, believed to be covering the Greater China markets.

Published by WealthBriefing – 25th February 2015

Rory Tapner, head of Royal Bank of Scotland’s wealth arm, including Coutts, is to step down, this publication understands.

A report by Sky News said Tapner was leaving RBS.  Last year, the UK-listed bank, which is majority-owned by the UK taxpayer, announced it is considering selling its non-domestic wealth business.

Published by AsianPrivateBanker – 25th February 2015

After more than a decade with Swiss private bank, a managing director at Asia Pacific CEO office steps down to start his own business.

Johan Riddergard leaves UBS Wealth Management where he held various posts in the business development department of the bank for almost 12 years, based in Singapore. Riddergard has left to set up a business venture, Riddergard & Partners, working with private banks in Singapore.