Yvonne Wong, previously vice president with Morgan Stanley's Asian prime brokerage team, will soon join Merrill Lynch as director and head of capital introduction for the Pacific Rim region in Hong Kong. Wong had spent four years with Morgan Stanley where she was in charge of marketing and capital introduction for the firm's Asian hedge fund clients.
Prior to that she spent one year with Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage division. Wong's role is a newly created position at Merrill Lynch. The firm has long regarded capital introduction as a vital part of its offering but has waited until our regional client base reached critical mass before bringing this essential function on...
