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Andrea Orcel, head of UBS Investment Bank, will become chief executive of UBS Ltd and UBS London branch, while David Soanes, head of financial institutions will become UK Country Head.
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Loan losses are a fact of life. How banks prepare for them is crucial to their well-being and that of their shareholders, but there are wild differences in provisioning across Asia. Daniel Tabbush, former head of Asian bank research at CLSA and now an independent analyst, thinks that the north is worse placed than the southeast — and with its exposure to Chinese loans, it cannot afford to be. -
Over a period of two months, the GlobalCapital Asia team conducted pitch meetings with banks and interviews with other market participants to decide the most impressive capital markets transactions and advisers in Asia in 2014. A summary of the results appears below and the detailed write-ups of each award are in the following pages. Our thanks to all those teams that took the time to discuss their business with us.
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In October this year, Singapore's DBS completed the acquisition of Société Générale's private banking business in Asia, in what was billed as a complementary deal that would see the DBS franchise strengthened in areas where it previously had little presence. Tan Su Shan, group head of consumer banking and wealth management at DBS, tells Asiamoney that the move fits well with the group's objectives.
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Investors in Chinese stocks took a big hit in 2013, hurt by a volatile market that ended the year down around 7%. But things have recovered this year, and after some profitable tips from analysts at UBS, those investors decided the Swiss bank was the rightful winner of this year's Asiamoney Brokers Poll. Matthew Thomas reports.
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Asia's equity market is crowded with analysts trying to impress clients with their unique views and brave calls. But few have the insight to maintain their appeal for long. The following winners of Asiamoney's 2014 Brokers Poll have proved that they have what it takes to impress their clients all year round.
