Barclays Plc has hired Wee Yee Yeong, head of Morgan Stanley's Singapore wealth management business, to lead its wealth management operations in Singapore and Asia. Wee is expected to join the British bank in December, succeeding Evonne Tan, who left in April to become Schroders' chief executive officer for Asian wealth management. Barclays has also restarted operations at its Singapore booking center (an entity that records and administers client transactions).