Susan Chan has taken up the role in addition to her position as head of iShares’ Asia capital markets team. Jane Leung, the previous incumbent, is relocating to the US for a new role with the firm.
The firm says it wants the flexibility of the RQFII scheme to be adopted in order to create a level playing field between Chinese, Hong Kong and foreign ETF operators.
Asia head for iShares, Julius Baer adds China team, UBS bolsters family office, Deutsche starts sec lending desk and Barings hires in institutional sales, among others.