Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Hires Executive from Deutsche Bank

Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) has hired Zhang Xiuping away from Deutsche Bank as its new co-head of M&A for Asia, according to a report from Bloomberg News.

Zhang will lead Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC)’s regional M&A team along with Michael Clo. While working at Deutsche Bank, Zhang ran the company’s China mergers advisory unit.

Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC)’s Merrill Lynch division slipped to 17th in advising Chinese companies in M&A activity this year according to data from Bloomberg.

Zhang had previously advised China Petrochemical Corp. on its $4.7 billion acquisition of Syncrude Canada Ltd. in April and on the purchase of Singapore Petroleum Corp. by PetroChina Co. in 2009.

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Shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) traded down 1.25% during mid-day trading on Wednesday.