UBS strengthens Japanese equity sales team

UBS has added two more people to its Japan equity research sales and trading team, following seven appointments in July.

Joseph Wrenn joins the Asia Pacific research sales desk in New York as a Japan specialist. With seven years of experience in research sales in Tokyo and New York, Wrenn will work closely with Japan specialists Shuntaro Takeuchi and Megu Murata. He will report to Simon Rebbechi, head of Asia equity sales for the US.

Wrenn joins UBS from Deutsche Bank. Prior to that, he worked for Goldman Sachs. He will start on September 14.

Meanwhile, James Churchill will join the international sales...