Standard Chartered adds to emerging companies research team

Standard Chartered has hired Zhang Su as an equity research analyst to cover emerging companies in China and Hong Kong, according to a release issued yesterday.

Su joins from Exane BNP Paribas in London, where he was an equity strategist focusing on China. He has worked with Standard Chartered once before, between January 2005 and August 2006, when he was a credit analyst based in Shanghai focusing on small and mid-sized companies.

His return to the UK-headquartered bank comes about six weeks after it brought on board Sumit Choudhary as head of emerging companies research in India, and in the release Standard...