J.P. Morgan has hired Gordon Crosbie-Walsh in a bid to beef up its equity syndicate desk in Asia, according to sources. Crosbie-Walsh has a background in equity sales in Hong Kong, but has most recently been working with boutique firm Patersons Securities in Australia.
He will join J.P. Morgan as an executive director in Hong Kong towards the end of this month and will report to Eliot Fisk who is head of equity syndicate for Asia. His arrival will boost the number of people on the desk to three.
At Patersons Securities, Crosbie-Walsh has reportedly been focusing on corporate finance, but before he left Hong Kong three or four years ago, he was head of...