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Over the last few months, the French bank has created several new roles and made key hires to bolster its presence in the region, including in mainland China.

Hong Kong-based Laungani was most recently Apac managing director and head of financial sponsors coverage at Credit Suisse.

Jiang joins the French bank in Hong Kong from Santander as head of industry group, industrial and technology, Apac.

French investment bank Natixis CIB has appointed Thaddeus Tien and Omkar Joshi to strengthen its Asia M&A push, with both starting in June.

Akira Kiyota joins from Nomura, Taiji Nagasaka promoted internally to capture growing Japan deal flows and opportunity.

The global investment bank has appointed the former Barclays and JP Morgan banker as a managing director in its financial sponsors group.

ECM and M&A activity plunged by 66.2% and 21.6% respectively, however DCM demonstrated resilience, dropping slightly by 1.8%.

Bruno Le Saint, CEO, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, Asia Pacific, explains how the bank is trying to extend its global markets team and brand in the region.

The bank will pivot away from investment banking and towards its Wealth Management, Swiss Bank and Asset Management divisions, as Ulrich Körner takes the helm.