Fishwick hands over BlackRock CRO role, Citi expands Asia FX team, and more

Group 1: BlackRock Leadership Changes - Edward Fishwick is stepping down as BlackRock's chief risk officer and will move to the risk and quantitative analysis group to head research, based in London [1] - Pierre Sarrau will become the new chief risk officer in the new year, currently serving as co-head and chief investment officer for multi-asset strategies and solutions [2] Group 2: Citi's Foreign Exchange Team Expansion - Citi has expanded its foreign exchange team in Japan, Asia North & Australia, and Asia South with seven new hires, including Manoj Goel as head of corporate FX sales for India [3] - Cassalynne Lou joins the Singapore corporate FX sales team from Barclays, while Yusuke Aita and Renee Gao have been appointed as directors in the institutional FX sales team in Tokyo and Hong Kong, respectively [4][5] Group 3: Standard Chartered and Lloyds Banking Group Changes - Andy Ross has left Standard Chartered, where he was global head of prime and financing products, and the bank declined to comment on his replacement [10][11] - Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Peter Fitzgerald as the new chief investment officer, replacing Kevin Doran, who will leave in early 2026 [11][13] Group 4: Prudential Financial and Nomura Appointments - Prudential Financial has appointed Matthew Armas as chief investment officer, effective March 12, succeeding Timothy L. Schmidt [16] - Nomura has transferred leadership of risk methodology from London to Tokyo, appointing Tomomitsu Nakamura as the new global head [7][8] Group 5: HKEX and MUFG Bank Leadership Changes - Graeme Farrell has been appointed as group chief risk officer at HKEX, effective January 12, replacing Richard Wise [19] - MUFG Bank is making changes to its board of directors, with Noaki Hori stepping down as chairman and Yutaka Miyashita taking over [20] Group 6: UBS Executive Board Shuffle - UBS has shuffled its executive board, appointing Beatriz Martin as group chief operating officer, effective January 1 [21] Group 7: AustralianSuper Appointments - AustralianSuper has appointed Bob Debi-Tewari as head of international equity portfolio and Sophie Dupré-Echeverria as head of group risk and compliance, international [24]