Mackay and Kendall get new roles at UBS

After almost one year in London, Sam Kendall will return to Hong Kong to become head of equity syndicate for Asia at UBS. He will take over from Stuart Mackay who has been named head of equity capital markets ECM origination for Asia excluding China, according to an internal announcement seen by FinanceAsia.

Both appointments are effective immediately and were triggered by the resignation last week of Mark Williams, UBS's head of Asia ECM who, according to sources, will be joining Nomura as head of ECM for Asia ex-Japan in a few months.

Mackay will not be taking over Williams's former job, however, but will have a more targeted role in...