The hiring merry go round in the Asian syndicated loan market reached fever pitch this week with both HSBC and Standard Chartered announcing new hires. Phil Lipton has joined HSBC as head of distribution following the departure of Eleanor Li. Lipton joins from Banca Intesa prior to which he spent seven years at Standard Chartered.
At Standard Chartered, Grance Wong has been promoted to head of distribution for North East Asia. Bruce Fung has come in to replace her as an associate director after leaving his position at Mizuho Corporate Asia Hong Kong where he was involved with loan distribution and sales.
These moves came about following the resignation of Stephen...