Whitehall Capital Group plan to launch RMB capabilities as cross-border financing grows

CENTRAL DISTRICT, Hong Kong - July 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Whitehall Capital Group announced that it plans to launch its Renminbi (RMB) division, to support growing volumes of RMB denominated cross-border financing for clients.

Whitehall Capital Group’sRMB Division will be headed by Mr. Robert Fung.   Has been recruited as Global Head of RMB Division. He will oversee the embedding of RMB across the firm’s transaction offerings and will report to Mr. Simon Ying-Chua who is Chief Technology Officer for Whitehall Capital Group.

Robert Fung brings over twenty years of banking experience and was previously Head of Global Transaction Banking at Bank of China in Beijing. Prior to this, he worked at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as Head of Financial Institutions.

Whitehall Capital Group’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Marion d’Est-Ange commented on the upcoming launch if the RMB Division saying “This division will support the ongoing development of our global RMB offering and ambition to be one of the leading firms for RMB to provide seamless capabilities for clients across our super regional network, as RMB increasingly emerges as a currency of choice in regional trade.”

Whitehall Capital Group’s Sendo Yasuhiro also added “By continuously growing our Asian presence, we are building a leading RMB franchise that provides our clients access to unique local expertise and tools to capture opportunities and manage risk. Strengthening our RMB trading capabilities both onshore and offshore further consolidates our position as a top Asian currency market maker,” said Sendo Yasuhiro, Chief Investment Strategist for Whitehall Capital Group.

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Whitehall Capital Group is one of the leading premier equity trading companies within Asia with specific focus on investing in newly developed and developing markets around the world. With headquarters in the dynamic centre of South East Asia’s primary financial hub, Hong Kong, Whitehall Capital Group is well positioned to take advantage of the many investment opportunities that lie within South and East Asia. With established links that now encompass Australasia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, Whitehall Capital Group has grown to be considered amongst the world’s leading independent financial organisations, catering for a diverse base of global clientele consisting of both private and institutional investors.

Whitehall Capital Group was established in 1996 by Michael Harrington, Sebastian Chen and Sendo Yasuhiro. From the very outset Whitehall Capital Group has set the standard for the contemporary independent financial management and advice industry. Renowned for our excellence in client-focussed advice and trading, Whitehall Capital Group has grown its operations and client base to assist investors around the world in preserving and expanding their wealth. As one of the leading premier equity trading companies within Asia, Whitehall Capital Group has unique access to the developing markets in Asia and further afield, notably in sectors experiencing a consumer class surge in emerging and under-developed transnational economies.

With an established global network of associate advisors and subsidiary organisations, Whitehall Capital Group is able to tap in to unique investment opportunities from all four corners of the world, seeking out new and emerging companies, products and services that contain the appropriate structure and positioning to benefit from exponential consumer growth.