People: HSBC’s Ross takes on new role

Will Ross, HSBC’s head of structured capital markets Asia-Pacific, is to become its co-head of Islamic finance global markets. The position is a new role created by HSBC to cement its position in the growing Islamic finance business.

Will Ross, HSBC’s head of structured capital markets Asia-Pacific, is to become its co-head of Islamic finance global markets. The position is a new role created by HSBC to cement its position in the growing Islamic finance business.

Priorities for Ross and his team will be to drive sukuk issuance, to develop new products and to better integrate HSBC’s Islamic finance business into the firm’s global markets line. Ross is known as an expert in structuring and has been at the forefront of some of HSBC’s more innovative deals in Asia, including the surprise $1 billion covered bond for Korea’s Kookmin Bank last June.

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