Lunchtime Links: Shock as senior banker appears to choose London over Asia!

Asia, as we all know, is where it's at. It's somewhat surprising, therefore, that a senior banker with experience in Asia should choose to throw it all in for London.

And yet this appears to be what Tim Throsby, former head of Citadel Investment Group in Asia, is doing. According to Finalternatives, Tim will be coming to London as global head of stock derivatives and regional head of equities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for JPMorgan.

Throsby's move may not be inspired by the delights of the UK tax regime, but it does suggest the Asian market isn't as awash with jobs as we may think. According to Bloomberg, Throsby left Citadel in November 2008. It's not clear what he's been doing since.

Goldman plans to ramp up Asian DCM. (Guardian)

People earning over 100k in London are 15% worse off than otherwise due to tax changes since 2007. (Institute of Fiscal Studies)

Brady Dougan is the word's 2nd highest paid banker. (WSJ)

Credit Suisse wants to hire 8 people into leveraged finance. (IDD)

UBS may be regaining its ability to attract people. (WSJ)

Further signs that Oswald (Ozzie) Gruebel is rebuilding UBS in the mould of Credit Suisse. (Reuters)

The FSA is now planning to charge 11 people, including accountants and spread betters with insider trading. (MarketWatch)

German bank wants 10 private bankers in London. (VRL Financial News)

Why Poland is hot. (BusinessWeek)

Paris would really quite like bond trading and credit derivatives clearing to take place in France. (Financial Times)

SocGen banker Raphael Geys has won his €12.5m case. (Alphaville)