Barclays Wealth adds Partha Roychoudhury to its Asia team

Barclays Wealth, the wealth management division of Barclays, has appointed Partha Roychoudhury as head of active advisors for North Asia, effective yesterday, in a move the bank says demonstrates its commitment to further strengthening its client servicing and advisory capabilities.

Roychoudhury is reporting to Des Byrne, head of capital markets and stockbrokers at Barclays Wealth, and he now oversees the team of active advisors in Hong Kong. The team's core responsibilities are to provide investment-themed advisory solutions as well as short-term, tactical trade ideas across various asset classes to the firm's Hong Kong-based bankers and their clients.

Roychoudhury replaced Steve Wong who has taken up a senior active advisor role within the North Asia...