Ogilvy-Stuart is NASDAQs new Asia-Pacific head
The Nasdaq stock market has hired James Ogilvy-Stuart as its Asia-Pacific head.
According to an official release issued today, Ogilvy-Stuart will be based in Hong Kong and be responsible for NASDAQs new listings business throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Ogilvy-Stuart takes up his position on July 3, 2006.
Ogilvy-Stuart joins NASDAQ after 17 years at Bloomberg, where latterly he was the regional sales manager for North Asia-Pacific. Until recently, he oversaw all sales operations for Hong Kong, China, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines. He established and managed Bloombergs Asia Pacific Advisory Board and was responsible for the companys regional senior relationships with local government and regulatory bodies.
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Hewitt was appointed to the position in March 2006.
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Mr Lee also met French President Jacques Chirac.
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As UK RMBS Mkt Grows, Issuers Head East
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--U.K. issuers of residential mortgage-backed securities are increasingly heading east to tap a new pool of investors.
As the volume and diversity of deals grow, issuers are casting their thoughts to the future and laying the groundwork to grow their investor base - thus far largely European and U.S. - in Asia.
"We have not set a specific level, but we're looking to increase the business volume from the Asian market," said David Johnson, director of securitization at U.K. mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC (NRK.LN).
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