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Hang Seng Bank appoints Margaret Kwan as head of retail banking and wealth management

Hang Seng Bank has appointed Margaret Kwan as Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management following the retirement of Nixon Chan, with effect from 1 July 2016.

Post-bonus season ushers in a flurry of recruitment activity

The second quarter of the calendar year is always a very active period for recruiters, after Chinese New Year and post-bonus season. Whilst candidates normally choose this time of year to open themselves up to new job opportunities, there is a surge in employers requiring specific skill-sets to fill the gaps left behind on top of their existing unfilled vacancies.

Citi appoints Gerry Keefe as corporate banking head for Asia Pacific

Citi announced the appointment of Gerry Keefe as Head of Corporate Banking Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Gerry will assume responsibility for all Corporate Banking activities in the region including the Financial Institutions, Public Sector Group, and Global Subsidiaries Group franchises.

Citi appoints Angus Yang as head of prime finance for APAC

Yang has over 20 years of experience in the market.

National Australia Bank names Ciqiang Lu as its Greater China business' GM

Mr Ciqiang Lu (魯賜強) has been appointed General Manager of Greater China in National Australia Bank (NAB) and commenced his role on 1 March 2016. Mr Lu is based in NAB’s Hong Kong branch located in Pacific Place. As Australia’s largest business bank, NAB’s strategy in Asia is highly relationship-driven and focuses on supporting Australian and New Zealand business in Asia, including Greater China. As the first Australian bank to establish a presence in China in 1982, NAB also supports Chinese institutional and corporate clients looking to trade with or invest in Australia and New Zealand, particularly in the energy, utilities, natural resources, food and agribusiness sectors. With over 20 years of banking and strategic leadership experience in Greater China, Mr Lu has the strong networks and insights necessary to deliver NAB’s business priorities in Asia and its vision of being Australia and New Zealand’s most respected bank in this region. Mr Lu joins NAB from Natixis where he was the Senior Country Manager, Greater China for the past 9 years, based in Shanghai. In this role he was responsible for the bank’s China and Taiwan operations, working in partnership with global product and customer units to develop and execute Natixis’ China business strategy and operations.

Hong Kong banks' mortgages to remain benign: Fitch

Risk factors include stretched affordability and high LTV mortgages.