关注社会:国际投行在中印招聘员工

【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.

【中文译文】

因预期中国和印度的强劲增长将推升交易流，投资银行正采取措施，增加在这两个亚洲最大发展中经济体的人手。

在并购活动稀少、资本市场停滞不前的时期，各大投行曾在全亚洲范围内裁减员工。

但随着人们对主要区域市场投行服务需求与日俱增的信心逐步加大，投行和猎头公司招聘高级职位的兴趣再次出现。

2009年中国经济预计将增长约8%，而印度本周表示，其经济在第二季度同比增长6.1%。

在经济不断走强的背景下，一波为业务扩张计划筹措资金的热潮出现了。上海和香港的银行家预计，今年还将有规模达300亿美元的股票发行交易。

根据Dealogic的数据，在印度，公司股票和公司债券的发行规模大大超出市场预期，总额逾266亿美元，高于去年同期水平。

瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)亚洲投行业务联席主管维克拉姆•马尔霍特拉(Vikram Malhotra)表示，该行已采取行动，扩大在金融机构和能源等业务领域的员工编制。他说：“随着市场发展势头的持续，我们为满足客户和投资者日益增长的需求而提高了产能，在交易流增加之时加强了执行力。”

Simon Yuan就是瑞信最近招聘的员工之一，他从美林(Merrill Lynch)去职后，担任瑞信大中华区金融机构业务联席主管。高盛(Goldman Sachs)预计不久也将在孟买和北京宣布高级职位招聘的消息。

摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)亚洲投资银行业务联席主管高浩沣(Gokul Laroia)称，在交易活动不断增多的背景下，该行已有选择地展开高级职位的招聘。

另一些投行则从其它地区调配高级员工到亚洲，因为这里的机会相对较多。还有一些投行调整了在华高管的职务，以扩大在中国大陆的业务平台。摩根大通(JPMorgan)日前便将其中国区首席经济学家龚方雄(Frank Gong)调任至一个投资银行岗位。

投行的另一个做法是在香港增设高级职位，从香港的地区总部督管中国和印度业务。摩根士丹利上月从高盛挖来罗南•麦卡洛(Ronan McCullough)负责其亚太区债券和贷款银团业务。