Nomura hires Singapore head of fixed income

Rig Karkhanis joins Nomura from Millennium Partners in Singapore.

Nomura has named Rig Karkhanis as head of fixed income, Singapore. Karkhanis is responsible for credit, foreign exchange, interest rates and commodities for Asia ex-Japan. He reports to Jai Rajpal, head of fixed income for Asia ex-Japan, who is based in Hong Kong.

Karkhanis joined Nomura from Millennium Partners in Singapore, where he spent a year as a portfolio manager. From 2005 to 2009, Karkhanis was head of rates and currencies sales and trading for Asia Pacific at Merrill Lynch.