StanChart names Asia bond syndicate head

Malhotra is promoted to global head of bond syndicate while Aaron Russell-Davison is the head of capital markets for Southeast Asia.

The banking group has large back-office centres in India, China, Malaysia and Poland; over 7,800 such roles could be impacted. The bank has also increased its profit targets for 2030 and confirmed group CFO and COO appointments.

After a five-year stint at Standard Chartered, China-focused banker Chao Li will join Beijing-based CICC in August.

Starting May 6 in Hong Kong, Casati will help build additional banking capabilities including advisory, financing and risk management.

Metzger is joining SC's Corporate & Investment Banking team as global head, coverage banking; Kaustubh Kulkarni, co-head at Citi's Apac investment banking team will lead the team at Citi.

Beijing-based Jim Wang is leading the subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong).