關注社會:國際投行在中印招聘員工

【英文原文】

BANKS ON HIRING CAMPAIGN IN ASIA
Investment banks are moving to increase headcount in China and India in anticipation of rising deal flows fuelled by strong growth rates in Asia's largest developing economies.

Banks had scaled back staffing across Asia amid a dearth of merger and acquisition activity, and stagnant capital markets.

But investment banks and headhunters report renewed interest in recruiting for senior positions as confidence mounts of increasing demand for services in main regional markets.

The Chinese economy is expected to grow by about 8 per cent in 2009, while India said this week its economy grew 6.1 per cent in the June quarter from a year earlier.

The strengthening economic backdrop has prompted a flurry of capital raisings to help fund expansion plans. Bankers in Shanghai and Hong Kong predict a further $30bn of equity issuance this year.

According to Dealogic, corporate equity and debt issuance in India has confounded expectations, topping $26.6bn – more than in the same period last year.

Vikram Malhotra, Credit Suisse co-head of Asia investment banking, said that the bank had moved to boost headcount in such areas as financial institutions and energy. “As the momentum in the markets has continued, we have increased capacity to meet increasing demand from clients and investors, adding more execution strength as deal flow builds,” he said.

Among the bank's recent hires are Simon Yuan, who quit Merrill Lynch to co-head its greater China financial institutions coverage. Goldman Sachs is expected soon to announce senior hires in Mumbai and Beijing.

Gokul Laroia, co-head of investment banking for Morgan Stanley in Asia, said the bank had made selective senior hires on the back of rising deal activity.

Other banks have moved to reallocate senior staff from other regions to Asia, given the relative opportunities, while some are re- assigning executives to new positions in China as they seek to expand their mainland platform. JPMorgan recently moved Frank Gong, chief China economist, to an investment banking role.

Another feature is the move to create senior positions in Hong Kong, to oversee China and India from banks' regional headquarters. Morgan Stanley last month hired Ronan McCullough from Goldman Sachs to head its bond and loan syndicate for Asia Pacific.

【中文譯文】

因預期中國和印度的強勁增長將推升交易流，投資銀行正採取措施，增加在這兩個亞洲最大發展中經濟體的人手。

在併購活動稀少、資本市場停滯不前的時期，各大投行曾在全亞洲範圍內裁減員工。

但隨着人們對主要區域市場投行服務需求與日俱增的信心逐步加大，投行和獵頭公司招聘高級職位的興趣再次出現。

2009年中國經濟預計將增長約8%，而印度本週表示，其經濟在第二季度同比增長6.1%。

在經濟不斷走強的背景下，一波爲業務擴張計劃籌措資金的熱潮出現了。上海和香港的銀行家預計，今年還將有規模達300億美元的股票發行交易。

根據Dealogic的數據，在印度，公司股票和公司債券的發行規模大大超出市場預期，總額逾266億美元，高於去年同期水平。

瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)亞洲投行業務聯席主管維克拉姆•馬爾霍特拉(Vikram Malhotra)表示，該行已採取行動，擴大在金融機構和能源等業務領域的員工編制。他說：“隨着市場發展勢頭的持續，我們爲滿足客戶和投資者日益增長的需求而提高了產能，在交易流增加之時加強了執行力。”

Simon Yuan就是瑞信最近招聘的員工之一，他從美林(Merrill Lynch)去職後，擔任瑞信大中華區金融機構業務聯席主管。高盛(Goldman Sachs)預計不久也將在孟買和北京宣佈高級職位招聘的消息。

摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)亞洲投資銀行業務聯席主管高浩灃(Gokul Laroia)稱，在交易活動不斷增多的背景下，該行已有選擇地展開高級職位的招聘。

另一些投行則從其它地區調配高級員工到亞洲，因爲這裏的機會相對較多。還有一些投行調整了在華高管的職務，以擴大在中國大陸的業務平臺。摩根大通(JPMorgan)日前便將其中國區首席經濟學家龔方雄(Frank Gong)調任至一個投資銀行崗位。

投行的另一個做法是在香港增設高級職位，從香港的地區總部督管中國和印度業務。摩根士丹利上月從高盛挖來羅南•麥卡洛(Ronan McCullough)負責其亞太區債券和貸款銀團業務。