Ex-SFC man in line for return in top post

British lawyer and former Securities and Futures Commission executive director Ashley Alder is likely to be named the next chief executive of the securities watchdog, according to at least one media report.

Alder, the Asia head of the international law firm Herbert Smith in Hong Kong, would replace Martin Wheatley, who left the city last month to take up another regulatory job in London in September.

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