OREANDA-NEWS. July 8 2011. Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has appointed Ed Mason as Head of Asia Equity Product Group (EPG), overseeing the integration of the Firm’s Asia sales and trading operations into Renaissance’s emerging markets footprint.

Mr. Mason, who joined Renaissance Capital in 2010, was Head of International Sales, Hong Kong.

“Since his arrival at Renaissance in 2010, Ed has made a significant impact in opening up the Asian account base and driving strong participation from Asia in global offerings,” said Jeremy Sparrow, Renaissance Capital’s Asia CEO. “With his many years of experience spanning sales trading, sales and derivatives, Ed will ensure a world class equity offering to our clients.”

Renaissance Capital opened its Hong Kong office in June 2010 to sell global emerging markets securities to the Asian institutional investor base. The Firm’s Beijing office opened in March 2011.