Asia's financial markets are being transformed. Once-dominant banks are losing their grip on the top spots to new entrants. New laws and regulations are seeing the introduction of new financial products and technologies. New markets - notably China - are opening up. The one certainty in this milieu of change is that the need for talent has never been greater. Yet at the same time it has never been harder to attract and retain the franchise-defining personnel that are so crucial in a market in flux.
Banks and financial services companies have long understood the benefit of retaining an executive search firm to help them address this need. One firm in particular, is known...