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I hear from a friendly figure at JP Morgan in London that the bank is still intent on beefing up its presence in Asia Pacific. ‘So what?’ you might ask — every bank with any sense wants to do the same.
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Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Stephen Roach, has been chosen to head the bank’s Asian business as regional chairman.
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Nobody could have been more surprised than I to learn of Omar Cruz’s resignation this week. The Philippines’ able national treasurer has been credited with restructuring the country’s foreign borrowings, rationalising its domestic bond market and introducing international best practice to the Treasury — all since he took office in March 2005.
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I was sad to hear that Andy Jones, Barcap’s Asian syndicate head, was leaving Hong Kong. Not because he leaves a gap in the posse of syndicate bankers who collectively rule the Asian debt capital markets, nor even because he has always been a popular stalwart of the Hong Kong social scene.
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What do you do when a few pesky shareholders threaten to vote down your prize buy-out? Answer: anything you can to make darned sure the deal goes ahead.
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Sir Deryck Maughan made me chuckle this week. The ex-Salomon grandee and present Asia chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was addressing a conference in Japan, when in his wisdom he said that private equity in Japan was still in its "infancy".