Sector: Asset Management

Asian funds fighting for fixed income pros

“There is a shortage of candidates with a background in Asian credit, foreign exchange and interest rates at the moment,” says one Hong Kong-based headhunter, who is currently recruiting for a number of credit research analysts with experience in high yield corporates. Not surprisingly, this lack of appropriate talent has seen investment banks and fund [...]

By anonymous, 28 April 2006 • 0 comments

DeAM hiring in Asia

Asset management jobs in Asia look to set to multiply: Deutsche Asset Management is planning a big push into the region. Finance Asia reports that DeAM is planning to open offices in in Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, adding to existing offices in Korea, India and Hong Kong. This month it opened a new [...]

By anonymous, 27 April 2006 • 0 comments

Pictet AM hires in Asia

Pictet Asset Management, the asset management arm of the Geneva-based private bank, is said to be looking for seven new staff in Asia. News reports suggest Pictet Asset Management is readying for expansion. Having hired Amy Cho from First State Investments as head of Pictet Funds and North Asia Institutional Marketing, Finance Asia says Pictet [...]

By anonymous, 30 March 2006 • 0 comments

CDOs power ahead but RMBS hiring may falter

UBS is preparing to add collateralized debt obligation staff (CDO) in New York, London and Asia according to a news report. Securitisation News says the Swiss bank is understood to be looking for between four and six origination and structuring professionals for its 12-strong New York-based CDO product development group. In London, it is said [...]

By anonymous, 20 March 2006 • 0 comments

Australian fund managers grab wealth opportunities in China

It’s not just investment bankers who are looking to capitalise on the stellar growth of the Chinese economy – global fund managers also want to crash the party. National Australia Bank (NAB) said last week that it will expand its A$7 billion wealth management business, MLC, into China. The bank’s chief executive, Ahmed Fahour, believes [...]

By anonymous, 14 February 2006 • 0 comments

Derivatives structurers: appetite is massive

Are you a derivatives structurer? If the answer is yes, banks in Hong Kong and Singapore are eager to hire you – particularly if your forte happens to be structuring equity derivative products. Hong Kong recruiters say banks’ appetite for derivatives whiz kids is being stoked by soaring hedge fund investment, by Asian investors’ growing [...]

By anonymous, 8 February 2006 • 0 comments