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IQ-EQ Creates Asia Private Wealth Leadership Role

The firm, rebranded last year, said it has "grand plans" to ramp up its global private wealth offering, pointing to further competition in this segment of the industry.
Investor services provider, IQ-EQ, which rebranded from its
SGG name last year, has appointed Peter Golovsky to the
newly-minted role of managing director, head of private wealth in
Asia.
Golovsky will be based in Hong Kong.
A chartered accountant and industry figure with 25 years’
experience in financial services, Golovsky spent eight years in
Hong Kong, working in the fiduciary sector with Asian families,
their family offices and their international business
operations.
“In his new role, Peter will be responsible for leading and
driving the continued growth of IQ-EQ’s Private Wealth segment
across Asia with a particular focus on supporting Asian
entrepreneurs, family businesses and family offices in areas of
succession, governance, cross-border planning, intergenerational
wealth transfer and philanthropy,” the firm said in a statement
yesterday.
Before IQ-EQ, Golovsky was global head of fiduciary services and
head of Asia for Cone Marshall, the international legal,
accounting and fiduciary services firm with offices spanning from
the US to New Zealand, according to his Linkedin profile. As well
as leading the group’s private wealth offering globally, he was
responsible for establishing its presence in Asia, including the
set-up of its Hong Kong office. From 2012 to 2018 he was global
head of institutional sales and private clients at Amicorp
Group.
Peter relocated to Hong Kong in 2012 from his native Australia,
where he had spent 10 years in private banking, holding senior
distribution positions at both Macquarie and Westpac. Other
experience has included roles spanning private wealth, risk
management, corporate governance and audit in both Australia and
the US.
“He is trusted by major Asian families and family offices as a
key strategic advisor and has a demonstrable track record of
successfully building fiduciary services businesses, both
organically and through acquisition. I have no doubts that our
growing operations in Hong Kong and Singapore will benefit
greatly from his experience and expertise,” IQ-EQ’s executive
chairman for Asia, Shanker Iyer, said.
Group head of private wealth at the firm is Steve Soki, who said
that the firm has “grand plans” to expand its global private
wealth offering.