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Thomson Reuters Strengthens Commitment to Asia ...
Thomson Reuters Strengthens Commitment to Asia ....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\n\nHong Kong, 8 March 2010 - Thomson Reuters today announced that Eric Frank,\nPresident, Investment & Advisory, Thomson Reuters Markets, has relocated to Hong\nKong from New York. Mr. Frank's move to Hong Kong strengthens Thomson Reuters\ncommitment to growing its business across the Asia Pacific region. While in Asia\nPacific, Mr. Frank will lead the business in developing localized solutions to\ncompliment Investment & Advisory's market-leading global product and content\nset.\n\nWith US$ 2.2 billion in annual revenue, Investment & Advisory is Thomson Reuters\nsecond largest financial services facing business and provides differentiated\nanalytics, content and workflow tools that drive complex financial\ndecision-making and increase performance and efficiency for customers in\ncorporate services, investment management, investment banking and wealth\nmanagement around the world.\n\n\"As M&A and investment banking activity, a rapidly emerging buy side, wealth\ncreation, and corporate growth are increasingly being driven out of Asia\nPacific, it was a logical time for me to move to the region and oversee the\nglobal business from Asia Pacific first hand,\" said Eric Frank, President,\nInvestment & Advisory, Thomson Reuters. \"Thomson Reuters goal for its Investment\n& Advisory business is to localize its global platform for the countries across\nthe Asia Pacific region by developing local-language products and content to\nmeet the unique needs of our customers here. From the rich domestic markets of\nHong Kong, Australia and Japan to the emerging opportunities in China and India,\nI am excited to be here and look forward to building our business in such a\ndynamic and growing market.\"\n\nMr. Frank's move to Asia Pacific comes in the wake of multiple recent strategic\nhires across the region including Henry Li, as Head of China; Kotaro Okamura, as\nHead of Japan; Tarun Anand as Head of South Asia, based in Mumbai; Samir Shah as\nHead of Business Operations, Asia, based in Singapore; and Daphne Huang as Head\nof Taiwan.\n\n\"Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for Thomson Reuters,\" said Devin Wenig,\nCEO of Thomson Reuters Markets. \"Eric's decision to move to Asia Pacific, the\nfirst head of one of our Markets divisions to do so, supports our ambitions to\nseize the immense growth opp...