Ryan Sydow has been appointed head of retail distribution at Absa Capital, the investment banking arm of Absa Bank Limited, part of the Barclays Group in South Africa. In his new role, Sydow will be responsible for the expansion of the product proposition and distribution footprint for structured products including exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes into retail distribution channels including Absa Wealth, Absa Private Bank, third-party broker networks and investment platforms. Syd