Macquarie knocks on Wood

Macquarie's regional equities franchise has received a huge boost following its announcement that Simon Wood has joined the Australian firm's Hong Kong office. Moving from ABN AMRO to a newly created role at Macquarie, Wood takes on the title of a managing director and will be expected to drive the regional financial institutions group (FIG). Wood will focus his attention on developing the FIG business across the ten markets in which Macquarie has a regional presence, leveraging of…