Barclays

Retail Asia16/05/2023

For the second time in weeks, Barclays bankers are leaving for UBS. Six investment bankers in the US are on the move. UBS appears to have found rich poaching grounds at Barclays, as it is hiring half a dozen investment bankers specializing in technology, media, and telecom companies, citing sources familiar. According to the sources, […]

Retail Asia15/12/2022

British Bank Barclays is the latest private bank moving to Verbier to catch a crowd of international holidaymakers. Barclays Private bank is opening a temporary office in Verbier for the 2022/2023 ski season, it said in an emailed statement Wednesday. The new pop-up office aims to cater to clients’ needs during their holidays and is […]

Retail Asia09/12/2021

The firm has is making strategic hires across investment banking and wealth management teams, as part of plans to rebuild in the region. U.K.-headquartered Barclays is targeting expansion in China, India, Singapore, and Australia, and is also hiring in Japan and Hong Kong, Jaideep Khanna, head of Barclays Asia-Pacific and India chief executive officer, said in […]

Retail Asia09/11/2021

Barclays Private Bank has strengthened its Asia business with three new appointments in Singapore. Adrian Khoo and Jaime Huang join Barclays Private Bank in Singapore, according to a statement, as head of strategic client coverage and a private banker, respectively reporting to newly appointed head of the private bank in Singapore, Evonne Tan. Khoo joins from Julius Baer where […]

Retail Asia17/09/2020

Barclays’ head foreign exchange trading in Asia Pacific will reportedly exit just 18 months after joining the British bank. Pritpal Gill, head of G10 FX and FX options trading in the region, has been let go by Barclays, according to a report citing unnamed sources, after joining its Singapore offices less than two years ago in […]

Retail Asia24/03/2020

Barclays on Monday appoints a new Vice Chairman of Greater China Banking and Head of Technology in Banking for the Asia Pacific. Carrie Chen has been appointed Vice Chairman of Greater China Banking while Sung-Min Chung has been appointed the new Head of Technology in Banking for the Asia Pacific at Barclays. Based in Hong Kong, Chen and […]

Retail Asia21/01/2020

Barclays seeks to cut 100 mainly senior jobs in its investment banking arm including dozens of roles in Asia. The British lender will mostly cut managing director and director positions based in London and Asian financial hubs with a primary focus on trading roles, according to a report citing anonymous sources. The cuts are already underway […]

Retail Asia15/11/2019

After a decade at the British multinational bank, the senior executive is headed to a rival, where she will support efforts to build its corporate banking business in Asia. HSBC has hired investment banker Misi Tang as the firm’s managing director and head of capital goods and autos for Asia-Pacific, citing people familiar with the matter. […]

Retail Asia19/03/2019

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announced a new agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, which will allow retailers to accept Alipay transactions in stores across the UK. Building on a successful pilot over the past two years, the new agreement will enable […]

Retail Asia29/11/2016

Barclays has raised almost a third less than expected from the $225m sale of its wealth and investment management business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC). When the deal was announced in April, Barclays had indicated it could fetch $320m from selling the business, which had $18.3bn of assets under […]

Retail Asia20/01/2016

British banking group Barclays will close its Seoul office as part of its global slimming down strategy, an official from the financial regulator said Wednesday. A director at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said Barclays told the authorities of its plan to close its banking and securities business in Korea. “Barclays plans to pull out […]

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More Barclays Bankers Decamp for UBS

Barclays Popping Up in Verbier

Barclays Sets Sights on Asia

Barclays Adds Private Banking Trio in Singapore

Barclays APAC Head of FX Trading Departs

Barclays Announces New Heads In Asia

Barclays Cuts Dozens of Investment Banking Jobs

HSBC Hires Barclays Investment Banker

Barclaycard partners with Alipay to help UK merchants increase sales from booming Chinese tourism

Barclays raises less than expected from Asia wealth unit sale

Barclays to pull out of Korean market