Citibank and Salomon Smith Barney have announced that sales coverage in the Asia-Pacific region for fixed income products - government, corporate and agency securities - will be combined into a common platform.
This merged team will comprise SSB's global fixed income sales team in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea, together with the Citibank investor sales professionals based in Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Ferdy Khouw, currently head of financial markets sales for Citibank Asia Pacific in Singapore, will head up the new group. In this role, Khouw will report jointly to Stephen Roberts, head of Asia-Pacific fixed income with Salomon Smith Barney Paco Ybarra, head of financial...