Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management has appointed Durraj Tase as managing director and head of capital markets for the Americas.

Based in New York, Tase is responsible for expanding the wealth manager's capital markets offering, and overseeing a team that trades equity, fixed income, options, structured products and foreign exchange for high net worth clients.

He reports to Benjamin Pace, managing director and US chief investment officer, and Trang Chu, managing director and head of global capital markets for PWM.

Tase's former career includes roles as head of capital markets and brokerage advisory services for US Trust Bank America's private bank, and head of Citigroup Private Bank's Latin America capital markets business.

Deutsche PWM has some $432 billion in assets under management, and operates from around 100 locations.