Credit Suisse's head of corporate derivatives leaves the firm

Catherine Bradley, the head of Credit Suisse’s equity-linked solutions group in Asia-Pacific, has left the bank, according to sources. Bradley has led the Hong Kong-based group since it was set up four years ago and was mainly responsible for delivering derivatives-based solutions to financial institutions and corporate clients a business that has become increasingly important as a complement to the flagging deal flow in the public capital markets.

Bradley, who was a managing director, transferred to Hong Kong from London to head up the group in the late summer of 2008 and after almost four years here, one source said she wanted to move back to Europe. With the...