Citi gussies up its prime broking team

Citi has announced eight new hires in its prime broking department across the region. Meanwhile, the Japan prime broking division has been integrated with the non-Japan Asia bloc, and reports into Hong Kong. In Tokyo, Citi has hired Rosario An as director and head of securities lending. He previously worked at both Deutsche Bank and UBS and will lead the development of a synthetic equity-finance platform in Japan. Also in Tokyo, Sakura Sugibayashi joins from Morgan Stanley as vice-pre…