CLSA has appointed Chris Lobello to the post of country head in Malaysia. The move was announced subsequent to the opening of new offices following the approval in principal granted to CLSA to operate a full service brokerage in Malaysia.
Having joined CLSA at the start of 2002 as regional risk and trading strategist, Lobello moved to Kuala Lumpur earlier this year from Japan. He was previously based in Hong Kong.
In his former role, Lobello developed quantitative-based equity trading strategies and worked alongside CLSA's research strategy team in the development of other forms of quantitative research. Prior to joining CLSA, Lobello headed up Nomura's...