Haik and Potel become co-heads of ECM at Morgan Stanley

Sherlyn Lau has joined with a team of 12 in Hong Kong to lead the law firm's Apac capital markets and corporate finance team.

Anders Svensson is joining the bank in Sydney from Morgan Stanley.

Sophie Qian will relocate from New York to Singapore later this year.

2023 was a testing time for many of Asia's stock markets through a combination of weak performance and a lack of IPOs. FA looks at what went wrong, how sentiment might improve and some of the continent's bright spots.

The former head of ECM for the region is said to be considering new opportunities after 16 years with the US investment bank.

Read about the ECM, DCM and M&A trends set to shape activity across 2022's economic landscape.