New alternatives specialist fund selector at StanChart; changes at HSBC PB and GAM; another move to Standard Life Investments; new sales person for VAM and more.
Tag: Standard Chartered
StanChart appoints ASEAN wealth management head
The bank has appointed Sumeet Bhambri as the regional head of wealth management for ASEAN, replacing Chung Shaw Bee, who left the firm on 30 June.
Thailand growth sparks StanChart moves
Thailand’s wealth management opportunity is expanding, which is why Standard Chartered recently set up a dedicated wealth management product group in-country and appointed Sachin Bhambani as the new head of wealth management, based in Bangkok.
Hong Kong bans StanChart RM for life
Regulators found that a relationship manager at the bank made fund transactions without client’s consent in order to meet his sales targets.
StanChart to shut equities activity
Institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets are loss-making units that the bank will shed, impacting 200 jobs.

StanCharts Alexis Calla part 2
In part 2 of Fund Selector Asia’s interview with Alexis Calla, Standard Chartered’s global head of investment strategy and advisory, he discusses client appetites and investment trends.

Alexis Calla Stanchart
Fund Selector Asia talked to Alexis Calla, Standard Chartered’s global head of investment strategy and advisory, who shared the banks approach to fund selection and discussed industry fragmentation.