Ryan Financial Communications, the Hong Kong-based corporate communications firm for the financial services industry, has opened an office in Singapore.

The launch answers the growing client demand for support in the southeast Asian region, the company said in a statement. Ryan Financial, its parent firm, partners with financial and corporate clients for business development functions including corporate positioning, stakeholder communications, media relations and issues management. The new office is headed by Aston Tan, who joins the firm from private equity trade publication PEI Media, where he was a journalist.

Ryan Financial was launched in 2007 and has a client base covering banks, brokers, private equity funds, hedge funds, financial technology and professional services firms. The company expects to open its next office in mainland China in 2012.