RBS makes four key appointments to Asia corporate risk business

The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS has added four new senior people to its Asia-Pacific corporate risk solutions team, poaching them all from Barclays Capital.

Three of the hires, led by Inseok Cha who has been made head of corporate risk solutions for Korea, are to be based at the bank's Seoul office, while the fourth, Ron Pathak, will be based in Singapore.

Cha will be responsible for expanding his team's delivery of the bank's risk management products to RBS's Korean corporate client base, including physical and derivatives products across key asset classes such as FX, rates, credit, equities and commodities. He will also manage inbound opportunities for RBS's global accounts dealing...