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Tokyo-based Runacres joins from LSEG and will also assume the role of Japan senior country officer for Broadridge Financial Solutions.

James Kemp, head of real estate, Apac, MAM, told FA that in Japan there is an undersupply of modern logistics space and an emergence of new logistics hubs in response to limits to the driving time of truck drivers.

Non-bank lenders, such as private equity, are set to take up the slack from banks in extending credit to commercial real estate in Asia Pacific.

Thakur, who is based in Hong Kong, will add to his role as the bank's head of debt origination in Apac.

Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort, who has spent the last seven years in Asia at the bank, as head of Vietnam, India and most recently South Korea, takes on the newly created role in Hong Kong.

The British bank has hired Singapore-based former Deutsche Bank exec Abhay Kumar Sinha to work alongside James Roberts.

BlackRock's deputy head of Apac steps up, as predecessor Rachel Lord becomes head of international. The investment firm has also made its largest M&A deal in over a decade to significantly expand its infrastructure assets, including in Apac.

Sharma shares his insights on the potential of his unconventional geographical zone, how the region is promoting sustainability and how the global cosmetics and beauty firm is leveraging data and tech in a market ripe for disruption.

The bank has appointed veteran Rohit Satsangi and former Credit Suisse executive Zi-Kuan Lim to lead the division.