FinanceAsia met David Olson on an auspicious day. It had just been announced that he would be made CSFBs head of investment banking for Japan, Asia and AustraliaNew Zealand. Meanwhile, on the same day, CSFB launched its online brokerage tie-up with Hutchison Whampoa, which is sure to help the firms relationship with Asias top conglomerate.
Q How will you split your time between Japan, Asia and Australia and New Zealand
A The concentration of my effort will be in non-Japan Asia and Japan. We are much more fully built in non-Japan Asia than we are in Japan. So in 2001 I expect to spend a fair amount of my...