HSBC Promotes Investment Duo at Private Bank

HSBC Private Banking promotes two executives in its investment and product solutions unit in Asia, effective immediately.

The bank appoints Jeffrey Yap as head of investment services and product solutions (ISPS) for Southeast Asia after his last role as regional head of fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) Asia Pacific, according to a statement. Adam Lau has also been appointed to the newly created role of regional head of market solutions, Asia Pacific.

Yap joined HSBC in 2017 from Alliance Group (PAG), where he was managing director responsible for the firm’s public fixed-income investments. Lau is a 20-year financial veteran who joined HSBC in 2018 from Natixis where he was its Greater China head of equity solution sales. He was also previously with Deutsche Bank as its Greater China head of private banking and retail sales and J.P. Morgan as a structured product marketer.

Yap reports to Philip Kunz, head of Southeast Asia at HSBC Private Banking and Abdel Ben Tkhayet, APAC head of ISPS while Lau will continue to report to the latter.

In addition to developing talent internally, the bank also highlighted Singapore as a key market for its wealth business and underlined specific client segments that bank in the booking center.

As a leading international wealth center, Singapore is one of our key wealth markets, where we serve a significant group of international clients from Southeast Asia, Greater China and other parts of the world, Kunz.

Under the leadership of [Yap] and [Lau], I’m confident that HSBC Private Banking will build on our strong momentum and expand and enhance our range of products and services to distinctly meet our clients’ wealth needs.