Andrew Cohen

Scene in Hong Kong: Kate Moss, Abramovich at Art Parties

Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova inspected sculptures by Takashi Murakami. Kate Moss also browsed as Hong Kong wooed wealthy art buyers with champagne, James Bond-style parties and lobster feasts.

JPMorgan Private Bank Appoints Andrew Cohen CEO of Asia Ultra-Rich Banking

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it appointed Andrew Cohen as chief executive officer of private banking for ultra-high net worth individuals in Asia-Pacific.

JPMorgan to Recruit More Private Bankers in Asia

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to increase the number of private bankers in Asia by about 70 percent by the end of 2012 to tap rising wealth in the region.

S&P Blocked in CMBS After Derailed Goldman Sachs Deal: Mortgages

Standard & Poor’s is frozen out of the commercial-mortgage bond market by the biggest underwriters after derailing a $1.5 billion sale by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. last July.

S&P Probe by Massachusetts Said to Extend to Post-Crisis Ratings

Standard & Poor’s practices for grading commercial property bonds since the 2008 credit crisis are drawing scrutiny from Massachusetts authorities, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

S&P Revising Commercial Mortgage Ratings After Freeze-Out

Standard & Poor’s, the ratings firm frozen out of the commercial-mortgage bond market since last year, plans to change the way it rates the securities.

Moody’s Blasts Commercial-Mortgage Bond Offering It Didn’t Rate

Moody’s Investors Service cautioned investors on risks in a commercial-mortgage bond deal from JPMorgan Chase & Co, the first such transaction the rating company didn’t grade since at least August 2011.

Millionaires Help Asia Private Bankers Earn More Than Bosses

Julius Baer Group Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Boris Collardi enters the 18th-floor meeting room in the bank’s Hong Kong offices lugging a suitcase that contains a clue to the soaring pay of Asian private bankers.

S&P May Change Grades on $102 Billion of CMBS After Overhaul

Standard & Poor’s, seeking to regain market share for rating commercial-mortgage bonds after being frozen out last year, said it’s considering changing the rankings on about $102 billion of the securities it grades after releasing new ratings guidelines.

Private Bankers’ Asian Pay Surge Poised to Slow, Falcon CEO Says

Pay increases for private bankers in Asia will slow this year as waning high-margin transactions and Europe’s debt crisis spur cost-cutting across the industry, Falcon Private Bank Ltd.’s chief executive officer said.

"Getting the right talent, training them and retaining them are the biggest challenges in Asia."

- Andrew Cohen on Jun 29, 2011

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Ex-CIA Employee Named as Source of Leaked NSA Reports

Japanese Shares Lead Asian Stocks Higher as Metals Drop

Japan Revises Growth to Annual 4.1% in Boost for Abenomics

California Summit Leaves Host of Unresolved U.S.-Sino Issues

Asian Stocks Rise on U.S. Jobs Data; Japan Shares Rally