SSB adds to equity sales team

Salomon Smith Barney has announced two new hires for its Asian equity business. Robin Newman has been appointed director of equity sales in Singapore, while Jaehee Koo will assume the same role in the bank's Hong Kong office.Newman was most recently employed as a managing director at Indosuez WI Carr, where he has also acted as group head of Korean product, group head of corporate brokerage and head of senior client relationships.Meanwhile, Koo has worked in equity sales and research …