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People Moves – August 2024

Here is a digest of significant wealth and asset management appointments, promotions and departures during the previous month.
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Eastspring hires intermediary sales head

The Asia-based asset manager has tapped BNY Mellon Investment for the sales veteran.

KWI AM CEO departs

After two years, the Bangkok asset manager’s CEO is leaving.

Blue Owl taps Pimco for Australia wealth manager

The alternatives asset manager continues to strengthen its Australian bench.

Julius Baer names team head for global NRI in Singapore

Ashwin Jayaram returns to wealth management after five years as CEO at Bangalore-based BugleRock.

Vontobel hires head intermediaries Asia from BlackRock wealth

Clarabelle Ho has been appointed head of intermediary clients Asia at the $258bn Swiss investment firm.

Neuberger Berman makes two senior hires

The firm has appointed a family office leader and intermediary sales head in Apac.

Capital Group taps Fidelity for Greater China business

Stella Xu joins the group as head of institutional business for Greater China.

BNPP AM strengthens institutional sales team

Florence Wong joins from Macquarie Asset Management, where she was an Asia investment specialist.

BEA names private banking regional head

The Bank of East Asia has appointed a new private banking head for Hong Kong and Singapore.

Neuberger Berman appoints head of intermediary sales for SEA Asia and Singapore

Madeline Ho was most recently chief commercial officer at SBI Digital Markets.

Federated Hermes strengthens distribution team

Elizabeth White was one of two new hires Jim Roland, Federated Hermes’ Asia Pacific distribution head, said he was prioritising earlier this year.

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific COO

Tomoko Ueda is relocating from Tokyo to Hong Kong to take up the new role on 3 September.

Citi taps DBS for Asia South head of wealth

Yeo Wenxian will also become chief executive officer of Citibank Singapore.

UBP appoints region head for north Asia and Hong Kong CEO

Teresa Lee previously worked at Bank of Singapore, Standard Chartered and ABN Amro Private Bank.

Deutsche Bank PB appoints two market heads for Global South Asia

The two hires come from Julius Baer and Credit Suisse.

Nomura IWM taps HSBC for Southeast Asia group head

Private banking veteran Philip Kunz joins the firm and will be based in Singapore.

BNY Investments appoints head of Taiwan offshore business development

Nick Shen joins the US firm from BlackRock.

Fidelity taps PineBridge for Asia equity PM

Cynthia Chen will take responsibility for several Hong Kong equity funds.

M&G Real Estate strengthens in Singapore

Wenning Jung was most recently at Franklin Templeton and has also worked at CalPERS.

Paula Ip exits UBS GWM

FSA can confirm that the head of investment funds at UBS Global Wealth Management left the firm recently.

JPMAM appoints China ETF head

The hiring comes amid growing popularity for ETFs in mainland China.

BNP Paribas WM’s regional head of investment funds advisory leaves

Agnes Sng has been with BNP Paribas Wealth Management for 17 years.

KGI appoints wealth management head

The role is part of the firm’s ambitions to grow its international wealth management business.

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