Barr notches 48th hire

Since his arrival at the height of SARS last year, ABN AMRO's loquacious broking supremo, Alastair Barr has not been shy of hiring people. And with a series of announcements coming out yesterday, he has now hired a total of 48 people. The latest round of hires involved 17 people, spread across Seoul, Bombay, Jakarta, Taipei, London, New York and Hong Kong. To name but a few: from Deutsche Bank Patrick Mann arrives for a senior sales role in Hong Kong; four have been addded in Korea;…