Acting Chief Economist appointed at ANZ

ANZ has announced the appointment of Richard Yetsenga as acting chief economist reporting to acting managing director markets Shayne Collins, following the resignation of Warren Hogan.

Yetsenga joined ANZ in 2011 and was most recently global head of financial markets research, responsible for economic research across all ANZ's financial markets products. Prior to this he held senior economic research roles at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and the Australian Government.

Commenting on the appointment, Collins said: "We are fortunate to have an economist with Richard's experience in financial markets able to step in while we search for a permanent replacement."