UBS appoints quartet to tap Asia's super rich

Swiss bank promotes duo and hires from rivals as it joins a host of peers chasing business from wealthy clients in Asia

UBS has made four senior appointments to its ultra-high net worth team in Asia, following aggressive recruitment drives from a string of peers seeking to tap the region's growing pool of wealth.

The Swiss bank has hired Philip Kunz as regional market head South Asia. He joins from HSBC, where he was most recently its regional head of wealth management. He will report to Christine Ong, chief executive of UBS Wealth Management in Singapore.

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