When Peregrine Investments Holdings collapsed in January, blame for the disaster was quickly pinned on the 34-year-old head of its fixed-income business, Andre Lee. Lee and a team of 14 from Lehman Brothers had arrived at Peregrine in 1994 with a reputation for being at the cutting edge of developments in Asian bond markets. He quickly built the largest fixed-income group in Asia, numbering some 220 at its height. While other leading investment banks sought to lead international issues for Asian governments and the region’s largest companies, Lee dug into Asia more deeply, originating local capital-markets business for lesser-known Asian companies.
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