Jefferies has expanded its Asian equities sales and trading unit with the appointment of four senior executives. The firm has hired Marcus Okuno, Chua Leng, Lisa Lau and Conor O’Mara as managing directors. In the new roles, Okuno will be based in Tokyo, Leng in Singapore and Lau as well as O’Mara will be based in Hong Kong. Okuno is joining Jefferies from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, while Leng is coming from UBS. Lau was previously with China International Capital Corporation and Mara was with Morgan Stanley.

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