HSBC names Asia head of prime services, BoA-Merrill loses Asia cap-intro head, Lothian departs BEA Union, China AMC sees GM step down and Eastspring installs Indonesia team.
The newly created role is part of Bank of America Merrill Lynch's plans to expand its prime brokerage business in the region.
Headwinds from the West are forecast to drag down Asian growth, although China will have a soft landing, predicts Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Allocators are heavily favouring emerging markets and the US over Europe, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s monthly fund manager survey.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Tora Trading are to provide each other’s clients in the region with a range of execution-related services.
Capital introduction executives from Bank of America Merrill Lynch discuss the state of the market, with capital inflows strong but barriers to entry high.
Worries over the eurozone trump concerns about inflation as global investors adjust their allocations back to emerging-market equities, finds BoA Merrill Lynch survey.
September sees a 30% upward swing in sentiment towards China, while the spread in perceived valuations of bonds and equities balloons above 100 points in the BoA Merrill fund ...
Overall, asset managers are increasingly bullish on emerging markets, but more negative on Japan and the US, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's fund manager survey.
The Securities and Futures Commission imposes a penalty of HK$3.5 million for mis-marking.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch hires Lim Eng Guan as head of global wealth management for Southeast Asia.
The move is designed to make Bank of America Merrill Lynch a leading provider of equity trading to the buy side in Asia; and perhaps to revive its prop trading capability.
Investors have turned far less bullish on China and Europe, amid a global drop in risk appetite, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's February fund-manager survey.
Investors view Japanese equities as the most undervalued in the world, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's January fund manager survey.
Gabriel Butler moves from ITG to strengthen the US bank's electronic platform in Hong Kong.