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OCBC: Strategic Hiring
OCBC reported 5% Q1 profit growth driven by wealth business expansion, while flagging heightened macro risks from Middle East conflict
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The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening the sector executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral), down 1.4 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow steady (-1.1pts).
OCBC: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 31 days.
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