Barclays appoints co-heads of investment banking for China

Citi has named Hajime Higuchi as head of M&A and Yoshinobu Agu as head of sponsor coverage for Japan.

The French bank has agreed to acquire M&A specialist Sangyo Sosei Advisory.

The investment banking arm has named a co-head of Japan FIG and a head of Asia ex-China FIG, who will also lead Apac insurance.

Cyril Dissescou has previously been a senior executive at Nexif Ratch Energy and BNP Paribas.

Hong Kong-based William Si-Tu will lead the origination and execution of investment banking activities in the region across the technology, media and telecom sector, including AI.

ECM and M&A activity plunged by 66.2% and 21.6% respectively, however DCM demonstrated resilience, dropping slightly by 1.8%.