Citi expands Asia rates coverage

Citi announced several new investor sales appointments across various markets yesterday. They include both newly created positions and replacement hires, and also four senior roles. All of them started their new jobs during the summer.

Simon Smithangura has been made director, head of Asean rates sales for G10 and local markets, and is tasked with growing the distribution of flow and structured rates products within the region in collaboration with the bank's investor sales teams onshore. He also takes primary responsibility for Asean central bank coverage. Smithangura is based in Singapore and reports jointly to David Ratliff, Asia-Pacific head of investor sales, and Julia Raiskin, head of G10 rates sales for Asia-Pacific. He joined...