Credit Suisse Group has hired a Morgan Stanley prime brokerage executive to oversee its Japanese prime brokerage business.
Yoji Koga will serve as head of prime brokerage services in Japan. He will be based in Tokyo and report to Asia prime brokerage chief Kevin Meehan.
At Morgan Stanley, Koga headed marketing for prime brokerage in Japan. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he worked at Yamaichi Securities Co.
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