Deutsche Bank hires Zia from Merrill

Deutsche Bank has hired Zia Huque from Merrill Lynch to take charge of its European and Asia-Pacific debt syndicate.

Huque was head of fixed-income client services in the Pacific Rim, where he oversaw Merrill’s debt capital markets, structured finance, derivatives marketing and institutional sales in Asia. Latterly he was co-head of European syndicate at the bank.

"Zia is one of the few senior debt capital markets bankers to have extensive experience in syndicate, capital markets, structured products and derivatives," said Hope Pascucci, global head of debt syndicate and head of European debt capital markets, who Zia will report to.