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"I can think of few places in the world where the client overlap between wealth management, asset management and the investment bank is more obvious"
Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, UBS |
In a bid to boost its presence in a region that is one of its weak spots, it made a number of senior appointments in the Middle East last month. These include a new, Gulf-based, regional chief, Per Larsson. Peter Burnett, Larsson’s predecessor, was based in London.
Until recently, Larsson was chief executive of Borse Dubai and the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).
Larsson’s appointment as chief executive for the Middle East...
