HSBC Global Private Banking, Americas launched its U.S.-Asia Corridor Team, a group of wealth management specialists who are fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin and have personal ties to Asian culture.

The team consists of relationship managers, investment counsellors, credit advisors, wealth planners and account support staff situated in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.

“Given our 150 plus year history of connecting these markets, there is no firm better positioned to understand the unique needs of clients and prospects who come from this part of the world,” said Mitch Palminteri, market head, international for HSBC Global Private Banking, Americas.

Part of HSBC Group, HSBC Global Private Banking is an international private bank for business owners and their families. It provides clients with wealth, business and family succession solutions in the largest and fastest growing markets around the world.