Sunday, 22nd November 2009

 

RBS Coutts appoints new market head for Asia-Pacific region

RBS Coutts, the international private banking unit of Royal Bank of Scotland, has named Mark Brider market head of Singapore and Malaysia, according to a FinanceAsia report.

Brider joins RBS Coutts with more than 25 years’ experience in the RBS group, most recently as head of RBS International, the offshore banking division of RBS in Asia.

Based at RBS Coutts’ international headquarters in Singapore, Brider will lead the Singapore and Malaysia market team to further develop RBS Coutts’ client-focused strategies in these markets. He will report to Raj Sriram, head of private banking, Singapore, said the FinanceAsia report.

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Relocation, relocation, relocation

Banks have never been shy of firing staff at the merest whiff of a downturn. First the fat, then the muscle and finally the bone. In the past, cuts have been so deep that firms have found it hard to benefit when the markets rebounded, paying over the odds to restaff at speed. Such wild oscillations in staffing numbers are known as “doing a Merrill”.

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