http://www.ifrasia.com http://www.ifrasia.com http://www.ifrasia.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.ifrasia.com http://www.ifrasia.com/lim-moves-up/604009.article http://www.ifrasia.com/lim-moves-up/604009.article Derek Lim has been promoted to director, head of Asian ECM syndicate and blocks at CIMB. He reports to Patrick Tan, group head of ECM. Lim previously held the position of associate director in ECM. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/religare-india-ib-boss/604008.article http://www.ifrasia.com/religare-india-ib-boss/604008.article Religare Capital Markets has hired Nalin Nayyar as head of India investment banking. Nayyar joins from Citigroup where he was a managing director of investment banking. Prior to that, he worked for Lehman Brothers in India and London. Nayyar will report to Tarun Kataria, CEO of Religare Capital Markets India, and to Sutha Kandiah, global head of investment banking, based in Singapore. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/daiwa-fig-hires/604007.article http://www.ifrasia.com/daiwa-fig-hires/604007.article Daiwa Capital Markets has made three senior investment banking hires in Hong Kong. Thomas Jackamo will join as managing director, head of financial institutions group for the Asia Pacific region, ex-Japan. He most recently held the position of managing director, FIG, at RBS. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/szetos-comeback/603998.article http://www.ifrasia.com/szetos-comeback/603998.article After nearly 2-1/2 years since quitting DBS Bank in March 2008, Diana Szeto is making a comeback. The loan market veteran has rejoined the Singaporean bank in Hong Kong as senior vice president in the syndications team. The responsibilities she is tasked with are similar to those she handled before leaving the bank in March 2008. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/zabidi-to-head/603914.article http://www.ifrasia.com/zabidi-to-head/603914.article Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Azhar Zabidi as head of origination of the equity and debt capital markets team in Malaysia. Zabidi, who started work on September 1, joins from Kenanga Investment Bank where he headed the investment banking division. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/williams-to-head-ca-fixed-income/603884.article http://www.ifrasia.com/williams-to-head-ca-fixed-income/603884.article Credit Agricole has appointed Graham Williams as head of fixed-income markets for Asia (ex-Japan), succeeding Frederic Laine, who has taken up a new position as head of financial institutions group international client coverage for Asia (ex-Japan). Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/sebi-lifts-barclays-ban/604034.article http://www.ifrasia.com/sebi-lifts-barclays-ban/604034.article The Securities and Exchange Board of India last week lifted its ban on the sale of offshore derivative instruments (ODIs) by UK-based Barclays Bank. With the lifting of the ban, Barclays is again free to channel the investment of unregistered entities into the Indian stock market through these instruments. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/another-pse-glitch/604031.article http://www.ifrasia.com/another-pse-glitch/604031.article The Philippine Stock Exchange suffered fresh technical problems on August 31, when market participants were unable to access index statistics and company announcements. Chief technology officer Susan Serad said the problems stemmed from the PSE moving its core back-office servers to a new location as part of a disaster recovery programme. Trading was unaffected. Despite the technical problems, the PPSE index closed on September 2 at 3,666.54, its highest level for 32 mont Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/stanchart-adds-key-hire-in-china/604026.article http://www.ifrasia.com/stanchart-adds-key-hire-in-china/604026.article Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Yi Meng as managing director and head of strategic client coverage group in origination & client coverage China. Meng will also be appointed vice chairman of Asia capital markets, and CEO of corporate advisory. Based in Beijing, Meng reports to Rahul Goswamy, global head of the strategic client coverage group. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.ifrasia.com/rbs-loses-ecm-head/604025.article http://www.ifrasia.com/rbs-loses-ecm-head/604025.article Stanley Ho, promoted in June to head of ECM for Asia Pacific at RBS, has resigned. Some rumours suggest he is returning to UBS, while others say he is going to the buy-side. Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00 GMT