Barclays confirms nine senior equities hires for Seoul office

Barclays Capital has continued to expand its Asia equities franchise this year, and earlier this week formally announced the appointment of senior staff in its Korea operation.

Of the nine key hires, eight are from Deutsche Bank’s cash equities business, and so is one of the four more junior appointments. Throughout the summer, media have reported the moves largely based on headhunter leaks, but this is the first formal confirmation from the bank itself.

Barclays Capital told FinanceAsia last year that it was on a hiring drive in Asia as it aims to increase its revenues in the region by up to three times the 2010...