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Soozhana Choi joins Deutsche from commodities and raw materials supplier Glencore to provide a broader perspective on the sector. Sun will coordinate the Japanese bank's China research teams in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Martin Hohensee, Deutsche Bank's head of fixed-income research in Asia, thinks Indonesia can today be considered a BB+ credit. Citi's former head of Pakistan research moves to Indonesia to lead the research effort there, while Kim Kwie Sjamsuddin joins the bank from BNP Paribas as an Indonesia mining ... Citi promotes Adrian Faure to head of equities and Brent Robinson to head of investment research for the region. Kenneth Whee joins Merrill after a three-year stint at Goldman in Seoul. The Korean research team also gets a new vice-president and two new associates. Moody's discusses some of the characteristics of the world's largest bank. Three new analysts, one a former fund manager, move to Merrill Lynch to conduct research with a China focus. Noble will produce Indian equity research to complement UBS's existing large-cap output. Sheard moves from Barclays Capital to Nomura in New York as global chief economist and head of economic research. Author Dan Reingold concludes that US capitalism is run by an unaccountable, unrepentant and protected elite in this gripping personal history of the dotcom crash. Brad West of Amba Research talks about how the financial crisis is diminishing research coverage and providing opportunities for independent research houses. A strategic alliance with Gerson Lehrman allows the two firms to leverage each other's strengths. The hiring of Michael Kurtz brings the Australian bank's Asia research headcount to 238. Hak Bin Chua rejoins Citi from Deutsche Bank wealth management. The bank says the hire of Wensheng Peng completes the build-out of its macroeconomic research team in Asia-Pacific. Jonathan Lloyd takes up a position as head of equity sales, while Lawrence Chen joins the research team with a focus on the banking sector. Sakthi Siva joins from UBS as equity strategist for Asia-Pacific and global emerging markets, while ECM banker Rudolf Yu will move across from BNP Paribas. Specialists expect accelerated appreciation of the renminbi to drive up China’s consensus earnings growth estimates.