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• August 19, 2010 - UBS Names India Desk Head In Hong Kong
  

  UBS has appointed Jaya Jayaram as executive director and India desk head to be based in Hong Kong. Jayaram officially assumed her new role in 13 August, the company said in an internal memo seen by WealthBriefing Asia. She steps in from Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management Hong Kong, where she was in charge of the North Asia/Hong Kong desk for Indian clients.

• August 19, 2010 - AMP Capital Investors Builds Fixed Income Business
  

  AMP Capital Investors has named Sonia Baillie to head its fixed income team after its incumbent head Andrew Lally was appointed to lead the Australian equities division. Baillie joins the company from Nomura, where she was the head of credit desk analysts. Prior to that, she held key roles at UBS Global Asset Management, Colonial First S.

• August 19, 2010 - Manulife Poised To Widen Scope Over The Japanese Market
  

  Manulife Life Insurance is tapping into Japan's mature insurance market with the aim to provide diversified strategies for the aging population's wealth management and long-term savings plans. "The aging population has increased demand for products that can accumulate, preserve and transfer wealth," Mark Oberhellman, the vice president and chief product officer of Manulife Japan, said in a statement. The country has been experiencing weak stock .

• August 19, 2010 - Bank of Communications Posts Strong Half Year Gains
  

  China's Bank of Communications posted a 30 per cent rise in first half net profit to Rmb20. 36 billion ($2. 99 billion), from Rmb5.

• August 19, 2010 - Philanthropy A Priority For Shinhan Bank
  

  Korea's Shinhan Bank is stepping up in the social responsibility arena by placing its philanthropic activities at the forefront of its goals, The Korea Herald reports. "We're committed to return our earnings to the society by reaching out to the community and to emerging markets across Asia. The Shinhan volunteer team allows us to work strategically whenever needs arise in the community," an unnamed Shinhan official was quoted as having said.

• August 19, 2010 - Succession Planning - A Tripartite Approach
  

  The transition from one generation to the next is easily identifiable as the most difficult phase in the successful continuation of a family business.  From first to second generation, 70 per cent of businesses fail and only 10 per cent successfully make it to the third generation.  According to a study published in 2006, 30 per cent of family business failures can be attributed to "transfer failures".

• August 18, 2010 - EFG Hires Senior Private Banker In Hong Kong
  

  EFG Bank, Swiss private banking group EFG International’s business in Hong Kong, has recruited Adeline Chien to focus on the Greater China Region. She joins as a managing director and senior client relationship officer, with a two-member team including one CRO. Most recently, Chien was a managing director and cluster head, UHNW team, at .

• August 18, 2010 - NY Law Firm Sets Up Asian Practice To Guard Disputes On Foreign Banks
  

  New York law firm Kobre & Kim has appointed William McGovern to head a new Hong Kong office that focuses on Asian clients with disputes against US regulators or international banks. McGovern was previously the executive director of the transaction management group at Morgan Stanley. In his new role, he will be instrumental to the growth of Kobre and Kim's dispute resolution practice in Asia, particularly after the global financial crisis spurred the rise in anti-bribery, antitrust and securities regulation activities.

• August 18, 2010 - Executive Moves For Asia Pacific - July 2010
  

  Asia Pacific Singapore-based DBS Bank appointed ex-Standard Chartered chief investment strategist Lim Say Boon as chief investment officer for the bank’s wealth management business. UBS nominated Joseph Yam, former chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, for election to its board at the bank's AGM in April 2011. Pimco, the fixed income investment management giant, hired Ki Myung Hong as a managing director and head of the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong.

• August 17, 2010 - StanChart Gears Up For Mass Affluent Client Drive
  

  Standard Chartered, the UK-listed bank, is mounting a major drive to expand its Asian mass-affluent market segment of clients with at least $100,000, according to Reuters. The firm, which operates a private bank, is to hire about 800 employees catering to this market segment, the report said, over a timeframe lasting for the next 12 to 18 months, the report said. "Most focus so far has been on high-net worth individuals and the affluent who are private banking or priority banking targets.




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