The Rohatyn Group, a New York-based emerging markets fund led by Nick Rohatyn, has brought in Bong Consing and Goetz Eggelhoefer as its first Asia-based partners.
Consing's desire to remain in the private sector, and in Hong Kong, will end speculation that he was set to become the next Finance Secretary in the Philippines following the re-election of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He left JPMorgan Chase on May 31, where he had served as co-head of investment banking.
Eggelhoefer, who had also run Asian trading for JPMorgan before its merger with Chase, has left Bank of America in Singapore where he had run its regional sales and...