MUFG's securities arm names Asia head

Rob Ward joins from MUFG to lead Natixis CIB’s Australia and New Zealand operations, bringing extensive energy and infrastructure expertise.

The Hong Kong-based banker will lead financial institution coverage across mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Helical Fusion and Celaid Therapeutics have raised JPY3.23bn and JPY400m, respectively, as Japanese capital targets research-intensive startups.

Mynt's initial public offering was oversubscribed by domestic and foreign investors.

The Japanese megabank has been hiring aggressively in the rest of Asia as its domestic clients expand into faster-growing economies.

Wang, who joins from Citibank, will lead MUFG China’s non-Japanese client coverage teams for its corporate banking portfolio, comprising local and global corporates, Chinese SOEs and financial institutional clients.