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Sector: Asset Management
Count your blessings if you work in the buy side in Hong Kong
While recruitment on the sell side has been slow going with hiring freezes and job cuts, buy-side recruitment has remained buoyant in Hong Kong even in these uncertain markets. Simon Roberts, managing director, head of Asia Pacific, Sheffield Haworth, says: “The buy side still seems to have the appetite to hire in Hong Kong, we [...]
The mysterious case of China’s disappearing fund managers
We’ve all heard about the dearth of banking talent in China. Perhaps not as well documented is the arduous search for top talent at Chinese fund houses. A recent Ignites Asia article reported that at least nine mainland fund companies have lost general managers this year and are still in the process of filling these [...]
Guest Comment: Here is the future of your banking career – it’s Chinese and it’s green
With more investors focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, the clean technology sector is booming in Asia. While the debate continues on how committed China is to becoming ‘green’ or whether the growth of solar PV manufacturing there is for domestic use or export, the fact remains that in 2010 China invested more [...]
Hong Kong M&A headcounts to shoot up as every bank from Goldman to RBS looks to recruit
The recent M&A rebound is expected to strengthen significantly this year, with global deals on track to rise 36 per cent to $3.04trn, according to a report by Thomson Reuters and Freeman Consulting Services. In Hong Kong this growth will cause banks to ramp up their M&A headcounts by about 10 to 20 per cent, [...]
Dispatches: China shakes up its funds management sector
The China Securities Regulatory Commission is preparing a series of sweeping regulatory reforms that will result in the further opening up of the fund industry and allow local fund management companies to expand their businesses. The CSRC plans to allow Chinese fund companies to set up subsidiaries for different business and allow their employees to [...]
Dispatches: Ping An Bank expands
Ping An Bank has opened a branch in Huizhou in Guangdong Province as its ninth branch nationwide. The move signaled the bank’s commitment to the Pearl River Delta. (Shanghai Daily) And trading in shares of Ping An Insurance was suspended on Wednesday after the company said it planned to merge its banking unit with Shenzhen [...]
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