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Macquarie Private Wealth Ramps Up Asian HNWI Business

Vanessa Doctor

8 September 2010

Macquarie Private Wealth Asia has appointed three senior private wealth executives to its growing regional team in Asia.

James Mak, Robin Harris, and Leonard Tan join Macquarie in support of the company's expanding range of services for ultra high net worth individuals in Asia. Mak steps in as region head of co-investments and strategic advisory based in Hong Kong, Harris as head of strategic partnership development initiatives, and Tan as key client advisor, with a focus on South East Asian markets.

Mak was formerly the head of JP Morgan's strategic advisory group for Asia Pacific, Harris used to be the managing director for Equity Trust, while Tan, most recently a director at Focal Capital, was one of the top private banker's at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Asia.

"Responding to the market demand for true diversification strategies, MPWA has focussed on providing access to real asset co-investments, where clients invest alongside major institutional investors into assets with low correlation to traditional asset classes. This is a unique offering providing our clients with access to the benefits of investments typically available only to institutional investors," Joseph Poon, head of MPWA, said in a statement.