People Moves
Summary Of Executive Moves In Global Wealth Management - October 2013

AMP Capital,
the funds management arm of AMP, named a former National
Australia Bank
executive to lead its expanded self-managed super funds business.
Tim Keegan
left his role as head of NAB's online broking business Nabtrade
to assume the
newly-created position of head of SMSF at AMP Capital at the end
of October
2013. Prior to NAB, he held a similar role at Macquarie Bank.
Essence Fund
Management, the Chinese fund advisory firm, appointed a new
general manager.
Liu Ruling
assumed his new role in 12 October 2013, replacing Wang Lianzhi,
who has moved
on to become president of its parent firm, Essence Securities.
Liu was
previously a director at Essence Futures and has been part of the
company since
June 2007. Prior to that, he was the general manager of the
wealth management
arm of China Merchants Securities.
Moelis &
Company, the global investment bank that also provides financial
advisory and
asset management services, appointed a new Asia head.
Zhang
Xiuping is managing director and head of the Asia mergers and
acquisitions unit
based in Hong Kong. In this role, she is responsible for deal
origination and
providing advice to regional and global clients with a focus on
cross-border
transactions in and out of China. She works closely with the
Beijing office.
Zhang was
previously the managing director and head of Asia M&A at Bank
of America
Merrill Lynch. Prior that that, she was managing director and
head of China
M&A at Deutsche Bank.
Manulife
Financial, the Canada-headquartered financial services group,
hired a new head
of wealth management for Asia.
Donna Cotter
is vice president and head of wealth management, Asia, reporting
to Philip
Hampden-Smith, executive vice president and chief marketing
officer for Asia.
She has been with the wealth management team since March 2011 as
head of the
regional strategy and product development team.
Cotter
joined the firm's corporate development team in Hong Kong in
January 2010.
Prior to her move to Asia, she held various roles in Manulife's
Canadian
division since 2003, including in pension operations, Manulife
Securities and
Individual Wealth Management.
RBC Wealth
Management strengthened its South East Asia team with four senior
appointments.
Adria Chiu
is director of the client solutions group, reporting to Enoch
Tan, managing
director and head of the client solutions group for RBC Wealth
Management Asia.
She brings nearly 12 years of industry experience to the role.
Choa Yeye was
named director for South East Asia, reporting to Reto
Caviezel,senior director
for RBC WM South East Asia. She has 20 years of experience behind
her.
Deepu Joseph
is senior director for RBC WM South East Asia, reporting to Febby
Avianto,
managing director and market manager. He brings 15 years of
industry experience
to this post.
Finally,
David Tan is senior director for RBC WM South East Asia. He also
reports to
Avianto. Tan has 12 years of industry experience.
Withers, the
international law firm, relocated one of its top lawyers in
London to lead its
new Asian corporate and finance practice in Hong Kong.
Denis
Petkovic, head of international finance and projects practice in
London, brings
30 years of experience representing lenders, developers and
investors from
various sectors. The move strengthens the firm's continuing
expansion strategy
in the Asian region, particularly in the corporate space.
Eastspring
Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential
Corporation
Asia, named a former Deutsche Bank executive as deputy chief
executive and
global head of distribution, product and marketing.
Michele Bang
took up the newly-created position as part of the firm's
continuing global
expansion strategy.
She reports
to Guy Strapp, who changed his role in the company from chief
investment
officer to chief executive in August 2013 and replaced Graham
Mason who
relocated to South Africa.
Stephenson
Harwood, the international law firm that has a dedicated wealth
management
practice, bolstered its Hong Kong wealth arm with a new hire.
Peter Hodson
joined as consultant and head of trust, bringing with him
extensive experience
in banking, finance, wealth management and fiduciary services. He
is a former
chairman of the Hong Kong Trustees Association and ex-president
of the Guernsey
International Legal Association.
Brunswick
Group, the global financial and corporate communications firm,
announced a new
senior advisor based in Hong Kong.
Tim
Freshwater brings over four decades of experience in the legal
and banking industries
and most recently served as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs
(Asia). He remains
an advisory director at Goldman and also sits on several boards
including Hong
Kong Exchanges & Clearing and Swire Pacific. He also held
senior roles at
international law firms Slaughter & May and Jardine Fleming.