Barclays plc's investment banking unit, Barclays Capital, hired 100 professionals, mostly from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., to launch an equity business in Japan.
Kazutoshi Ohkubo joins from Lehman as a managing director and head of equity sales in Japan. Managing director Koichiro Chiwata becomes head of equity research in Japan. Before Lehman, he spent 16 years at Nikko Citigroup Ltd. See a list of some of the other notable hires after the break.
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Some of the top analysts include:
- Hidenao Miyajima, chief strategist;
- Fumiyuki Takahashi, quantitative strategy;
- Mikiya Yamada, chemicals;
- Masanori Maruo, utilities;
- Toshihide Yoda, pharmaceuticals;
- Junsuke Senoguchi, banking;
- Keiichi Yoneshima, Internet; and
- Mia Nagasaka, entertainment.
On Oct. 14, Nomura Holdings Inc.
closed
the $525 million acquisition of most parts of Lehman Brothers' Asia-Pacific franchise including Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India,
Thailand and Japan. In September, Barclays
took on about 10,000 North American Lehman bankers. -
Baz HiralalSee previous Lehman roundup postSee The Deal newsweekly's Dealmakers section
