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NT Bureau
Chennai, May 17:

        JP Morgan is continuing the expansion of its India operations with the appointment of six new members to its equity sales and sales trading team.

        The appointments are part of a plan to accelerate the growth of JP Morgan's equities business in Mumbai. Discussions are at an advanced stage about additional appointments.

        New appointments include Chintan Maniar, who joined from ICICI while Hardik Doshi from Lehman Brothers, Soni Gandhi from Metanoia Consulting, Karina Goswami from Enam, Jitendra Raval from-merrill Lynch and Vinita Muriani from Hutchinson Whampoa's Telecom group.

        Commenting on the move, Nick Andrews, head, Asia Pacific and Emerging Market Equities said, 'JP Morgan is delighted to have boosted its India equities team through these new appointments. This investment will strengthen our global platform for Indian equities.'