Samsung Securities International, the Asian arm of one of Korea’s largest securities firms, has hired Anthony Hopson as head of equity syndicate as it continues to build its equity capital markets and investment banking business in the region. Hopson, who has a background on the syndicate desks at Schroders, Citi and Nomura, started his new job yesterday and is reporting to Stephen Metcalfe, who joined Samsung as head of equity capital markets in October last year.
As of now, Metcalfe and Hopson make up the entire ECM division, but the firm is looking to make another “half a dozen” hires in ECM and investment banking to support the business....
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