HSBC's David Choi, head of interest-rate trading in the treasury and capital markets division in Seoul, has left. Choi previously ran the rates desk at Citigroup (DW, 7/22/02). In an email to DW he said he will join a hedge fund in California mid-March, without elaborating further.
Scott Sohn, interest-rate trader at HSBC in Seoul, said he now oversees the trading effort.