Richenda Evans-Freke

Moody''s Investors Service appoints Jerry Chien as representative director for its new office in Taipei.

ABN AMRO have appointed Tan Huilin as Head of FX/FX options sales in Singapore.

Chris Appleton who was head of Asian sales at Salomon Smith Barney has joined Fox-Pitt, Kelton as head of asian equities.

Dr He will be expanding his current responsibilities to include Asia fixed income research.

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) is finally saying goodbye to the Mercury branded flagship offshore mutual fund range, Mercury Selected Trust (MST), four and a half years after the acquisition by Merrill Lynch.

The joint venture of DBS TD Waterhouse has appointed Juliana Cheng as country head for Hong Kong.

Walking around the streets of Hong Kong it is hard to believe that gold ever goes out of fashion but after a period of languishing as an investment it is having a renaissance according to MLIM.

Sean Liu joins the team as a vice president.

Former China MD for Microsoft, Jack Gao, is cutting and pasting himself into global venture capital company Walden International.

Sara Wells Associates, a marketing communications search firm has strengthened an informal association with UK-based Taylor:Bennett, to create Taylor:Bennett Asia.