Morgan Stanley hires Khattar as India GCM head

Morgan Stanley has hired Vikas Khattar from Citi as head of global capital markets GCM for India, in a move that will further strengthen its position across equity and debt origination. According to an internal announcement, Khattar will join in October and will report to Crawford Jamieson and George Taylor, the firm’s co-heads of GCM and equity capital markets ECM in Asia-Pacific.

In a nod to the growing trend of Indian companies pondering a listing in New York, London or even Hong Kong, Morgan Stanley has also promoted Samarth Jagnani to head of international listings in India. Jagnani is a vice-president in the India ECM team.

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