Banks boost commodity sales and trading teams in Asia

Banks in Singapore are expanding commodities desks in response to client demand for products such as commodity derivatives. Credit Suisse, Nomura and Standard Chartered are among firms to have made recent hires. Alan Koh has assumed the role of global head of energy sales at Standard Chartered in Singapore, having previously been Asia co-head of commodities at Morgan Stanley in the same city. Other recent additions include Karan Chabria as head of oil products trading, formerly managi…