jon scoffin

The UK-based bank appoints Sudeep Sarma as head of Asia research and Bhavtosh Vajpayee as head of equity research Asia ex-Japan.

Paul Louie will also take on coverage of the Hong Kong real estate sector, while Alvin Wong will lead the bank's research of Chinese property companies. Both analysts join from Nomura.

Anand Ramachandran is appointed head of Asean equity research in addition to his current role as head of the telecom, internet and media sectors.

Barclays Capital swept FinanceAsia's fixed-income poll for best research house, so we sat down with the firm’s Asia-Pacific head of research, Jonathan Scoffin, to talk about the markets.