Derrick Wong to join CB team at Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered has hired Derrick Wong from Credit Suisse as it starts to rebuild its equity-linked team after the departure of Nathan McMurtray and two other bankers in June.

Wong, who will join in mid-August, has worked on the Asia ex-Japan convertible bond desk at Credit Suisse since October 2007, initially as an analyst and later as an associate. While quite junior in terms of titles, he has a lot of deal experience. During the past three years, as Credit Suisse has emerged as one of the most active CB houses in Asia, he has been involved in more than 35 transactions, sources estimate.

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