Following yesterday's announcement of a whole slug of Taiwan hires, ABN AMRO's recently installed head of Asian and Australia NZ equities, Alastair Barr has hired a team in Korea and bolstered sales in New York.
In Korea, Barr has hired six. Most prominent is David Bouckley who will head Korean country product and be senior sales trader. He will also be a member of the bank's Asia Management Committee. He joins from CLSA where he was head of sales trading for three years.
Min Seong Hwang joins from Goldman Sachs in Seoul to become the regional head of technology research. Jay H Park joins from Samsung ITC to be Korean...