-- 根據路透社週二報導，渣打銀行（HKG:2888）計劃擴大在海灣地區的財富管理團隊，儘管該地區戰火仍在肆虐。路透社引述渣打銀行全球私人及高淨值客戶業務主管雷蒙德·昂（Raymond Ang）的話稱，該行計劃在迪拜招聘更多客戶經理，並可能擴大在阿布扎比的業務。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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