Jefferies Set to Tap Credit Suisse Top Southeast Asia Banker (1)

Credit Suisse Group AG’s Southeast Asia investment banking and capital markets head Rehan Anwer is set to leave the lender for Jefferies Financial Group Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Anwer is poised to join the US firm after resigning from the Swiss lender, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.

Deliberations are advanced and plans could still change, the people said. A representative for Credit Suisse declined to comment, as did a spokesperson for Jefferies.

Rival banks had been raiding Credit Suisse’s talent pool as it neared the ...