Macquarie hires former Morgan Stanley ECM banker

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.

The Australian investment bank filled the top ECM role in Asia with an internal promotion and an external hire.

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

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.

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

Three move from JP Morgan to boost Citi's ECM function in Hong Kong and Singapore.