Responding to potential growth opportunities in its structured finance business, Fitch Ratings has announced the relocation of Rachel Hardee to its Hong Kong offices. Upon her arrival at the beginning of 2006 from London, Hardee will become head of the Asia-Pacific structured finance team.
In the newly created role, Hardee will report to Kevin Stephenson, Fitch's Sydney-based managing director of structured finance group, Asia-Pacific. She will focus the majority of her attention on the expanding Asia collaterized debt obligation CDO business, joining two dedicated analysts in Hong Kong.
Hardee transfers internally to the Hong Kong-based role from her current position as head of Fitch's European leveraged finance...