hires

Jens Ruebbert moves from China COO role to head Vietnam business.

MS Kho and Neel Shahani will take over equities sales and trading businesses in the two countries.

The Japanese bank announces three new senior hires to head its regional securities business.

Former Julius Baer and BoA Merrill private banker Michael Benz is set to join Standard Chartered.

Gaurav Mehta promoted to lead Indian coverage at Swiss bank after departure of Ravi Shankar last year.

The former head of the investment bank at Maybank replaces Charon Wardini Mokhzani who joined Khazanah two months ago. Separately, CIMB is in the process of strengthening its senior bench in North Asia.

The Malaysian bank also hires two people for its Hong Kong and China sales team, names a new regional head of research and makes a move into Vietnam.

Charon Wardini Mokhzani, CIMB’s group deputy CEO with responsibility for investment banking, will join the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in early November.

Paul Louie will also take on coverage of the Hong Kong real estate sector, while Alvin Wong will lead the bank's research of Chinese property companies. Both analysts join from Nomura.