Jefferies, a global securities and investment banking firm, has hired Sean Huang from UBS in New York to become head of securities finance trading in Asia. He will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office and will be responsible for managing securities finance activities in Asia.
“Building out our Asia securities finance business is part of our ongoing strategy to provide a full-service global equity product offering to our clients,” said Mike Alexander, the chief executive of Jefferies Asia. “Our equity platform continues to gain market share as we focus on delivering new products and services to our institutional client base globally.”
Huang has more than...