Asia
Singapore and Hong Kong — the two booking centres of Asian private wealth.
Ateca maintains licensed entities in Singapore and Hong Kong, the two principal booking centres for Asian private banking. Our Asian practice covers Market Heads, Team Heads, Senior Relationship Managers, and senior functional leadership across global private banks, regional private banks, and the private wealth divisions of universal banks active in the region.
Singapore
Singapore has become the centre of gravity for Southeast Asian private wealth and, increasingly, for North Asian, South Asian, and Middle Eastern client assets booked outside of their home jurisdictions. The growth in assets under management at the major private banks booked in Singapore has been sustained over a decade, and the competitive landscape for senior hiring has tightened accordingly.
Ateca holds a Singapore recruitment licence and operates actively in the market. Our Singapore mandates typically cover:
- Market Head searches for Southeast Asia, North Asia ex-Greater China, South Asia, and Middle East NRI coverage
- Team Head and senior desk leadership mandates
- Senior Relationship Manager searches where a specific client-book profile is required, including regulated individual transitions under MAS expectations
- Investment Counsellor and investment specialist mandates
- Private banking Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff, and senior functional leadership based in Singapore.
Our Singapore coverage extends to the full universe of MAS-licensed private banking operations, from the established Swiss and European houses to the US global firms and the more recently expanded regional players.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong remains the principal booking centre for Greater China private wealth, and its role is structurally underpinned by its proximity to the client base and the depth of investment banking and capital markets activity it sits alongside. The competitive dynamics for senior hiring in Hong Kong are shaped by both the Greater China-facing institutions and the international private banks serving clients across the broader region.
Ateca maintains a licensed Hong Kong entity and active coverage. Our Hong Kong mandates typically cover:
- Market Head searches for Greater China and North Asia.
- Team Head and senior desk leadership, including for newly established or reshaped coverage teams.
- Senior Relationship Managers with specific client-book profiles.
- Investment Counsellor and investment specialist mandates.
- Leadership for Hong Kong-based booking operations and regional functional heads.
Cross-regional considerations
The Singapore and Hong Kong markets are distinct but adjacent. Many senior private banking careers span both booking centres over time, and Ateca is structured to manage mandates that touch both — whether a cross-booking-centre move for a single senior hire, a coordinated multi-hire build-out across both locations, or a mandate where the client and candidate universe sits across both centres simultaneously.
We work closely with our Middle East and UK practices on mandates where the role involves coverage of client assets booked or originated across regions — a common pattern for senior hires serving Indian, Middle Eastern, and Greater Chinese client bases.