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The replacement comes as Citic Securities curtails the broker's independence and amid a slew of other senior promotions including Andrew Hartley, Shaun Cochran and Andrew Norman.

Tan will help build FWD, the insurance arm of Richard Li’s Pacific Century Group, into a regional platform.

Paul Uren, JP Morgan's chief executive in Australia and New Zealand, joins Murli Maiya as co-head of investment banking for the broader region.

Extending the streak of senior bankers who have left banking in recent years, the former Goldman Sachs co-chairman of Asia ex-Japan investment banking has joined private equity firm KKR.

Lee joins the Japanese early-stage investment giant as it gears up for expansion across Asia.

Aaron Arth and Iain Drayton to become co-chief operating officers of Goldman Sachs' investment banking division in Asia excluding Japan.

Tomofumi Matsuyama jumps ship from Morgan Stanley to The Carlyle Group. The hire is part of the US private equity firm’s plans to expand in Japan.

Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat has been appointed as the next probable Prime Minister. He brings to this post his extensive experience as Finance Minister and former head of Singapore's central bank.

Warburg Pincus says it will provide more flexible and responsive forms of real estate financing for small-to-medium sized businesses across the Asia Pacific region.