September 2, 2009
HONG KONG — Marco Wong lost his job with Citigroup in Singapore in mid-January. During all the turmoil that engulfed the financial world last year, the cutbacks at the U.S. banking giant were neither unique nor surprising.
Still, Mr. Wong says, Citigroup’s decision not to renew his contract shortly before it was due to end [...]
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July 6, 2009
Japan’s Nomura Holdings plans to launch a global prime brokerage business by September as the financial crisis has created room for new players to serve hedge funds, a senior executive said on Monday.
“We think prime brokerage is a very interesting opportunity because of what happened in the industry this past year,” Siggi Thorkelsson, Nomura’s head [...]
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July 6, 2009
Just to lety you know that Nomura is holding its annual Equity Forum this week. you can find more info here and here is their pitch:
NAEF 2008 will be Nomura’s 5th Asia Equity Forum in Singapore. Built on the success and growth of the previous years, this year’s event promises to be better than ever.
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