HONG KONG, March 27 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc ( C/PN ) has

laid off at least 10 people in its equities research department

in Asia Pacific this week, two sources with knowledge of the

matter said, as the bank pushes through the last phase of a

sweeping global overhaul.

The bank, which has hundreds of employees in its equities

research unit in the region, notified the impacted staff earlier

this week, said the sources, who declined to be named as they

were not authorised to speak to the media.