Macquarie's regional equities franchise has received a huge boost following its announcement that Simon Wood has joined the Australian firm's Hong Kong office. Moving from ABN AMRO to a newly created role at Macquarie, Wood takes on the title of a managing director and will be expected to drive the regional financial institutions group FIG.
Wood will focus his attention on developing the FIG business across the ten markets in which Macquarie has a regional presence, leveraging off its established FIG franchise in Australia and New Zealand.
At ABN, Wood was head of FIG for Asia, and prior to the recent corporate restructuring had been...
