In this week’s roundup we also look at Barclays’ new hire for Asia, a new venture for a former Citi banker, and more.

Nomura’s managing director Clement Florentin (pictured) has expanded his responsibilities with the role of head of equity structuring for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea), besides his current head of equity structuring role in Asia ex-Japan and head of quantitative investment solutions (QIS) structuring for Asia Pacific, a spokesperson for the bank confirmed with SRP. This change is part of continuing our broader equity strategy in Emea [...] there was no similar role before