People: Barclays Hires Goldman's Former Asia M&A Head

Barclays Capital hires Leven, ex-Goldman Sachs Asia M&A chief, as co-head of corporate finance for Asia Pacific [FT]

Reuters hires FT's Chrystia Freeland as global editor-at-large, will play key role in new financial video service launching in second quarter [ThomsonReuters]

Financial Times promotes Gillian Tett to U.S. managing editor from assistant editor. She'll relocate to New York from Sept. 1, replacing Chrystia Freeland [FT, via PRN]

BNY Mellon's Urdang real estate investment boutique elevates Ferst to CEO, replacing founder Urdang who remains chairman. Briddell named president while retaining chief investment officer role [BNY Mellon]

BNY Mellon Wealth Management hires Michele Bucklin from Wells Fargo Advisors as sales officer, plans three more hires in Seattle in next few months [WSJ]

Citigroup India adds nine equity sales people and traders, but equity sales heads for India and Southeast Asia said to resign [Bloomberg News]