This publication carries latest news of hires and moves in the Asia-Pacific wealth management sector.

Singapore-headquartered asset manager EFA Group has appointed two senior figures in Asia and Switzerland.

Alain Vignon has been appointed as executive board member of EFA Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Geneva, where he will help develop EFA’s brand and private debt products, with the objective to accelerate the business origination as well as expand relationships with borrowers, banks and alternative credit providers.

He will focus on the European, Russian, Central Asia, African and American markets, the firm said in a statement earlier this week. 

Prior to EFA, Vignon was global head of merchant banking and executive committee member at one of the largest metal trading companies in the world, managing teams in the US, Europe and Asia. Before that, he headed the corporate finance division at LCF Rothschild in Geneva. He also held various positions at JP Morgan and UBS Warburg in the investment banking division in London and Zurich, focusing on leveraged, project, structured and acquisition finance.

Deep Singh is appointed to a newly-created role in Singapore of head of institutional solutions. He is responsible for product design and execution, strategic projects, and supporting the capital raising process alongside EFA’s investor relations team. Singh was previously with Bank of America Merrill 

Established in 2003, the firm is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has offices in Singapore, Geneva, Dubai and London.