New Head of research for BNP Paribas Peregrine

Most analyst moves tend to be from the sell side to the buy side. But in a contrarian move, Jeff Kung is leaving the embrace of Fidelity Investment Management to join BNP Paribas Peregrine. At the French investment bank he will become regional head of company research, overseeing country and sector equity research for non-Japan Asia. He will work closely with Raymond Foo who runs the bank's strategy and economic research. He reports to Christophe Grosperrin, head of Asia securities. …