Hussain Selani has joined Barclays’ private bank as head of investments India and global Indians.
Author Archives: Thomas Blott
Originally from the UK, Thomas is a financial journalist with over 10 years’ experience including nine in Asia. He began his career at Euromoney Institutional Investor, completing the graduate scheme and going on to establish the Asia bureau for IJGlobal, the world’s foremost source of intelligence on the project finance market. After a stint at KPMG, he joined International Financing Review, which was originally owned by Thomson Reuters and later Refinitiv, where he managed the people & markets section in Asia. He joined Bonhill Group as regional editor for Asia in 2022, which includes oversight of Fund Selector Asia. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.
Fiera Capital announces launch of SMID growth strategy in Asia
The $6.1bn strategy has outperformed the Russell 2500 Growth index on both a 12-month and three-year basis.
Emerging market equities: Federated Hermes versus Invesco
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the Federated Hermes Global Emerging Markets SMID Equity fund and the Invesco Emerging Markets ex-China fund.
Exclusive: UBS appoints Hong Kong asset management head
Chris Yiu also serves as head of client coverage wealth management and wholesale in China and Hong Kong.
M&G’s Samarth: ‘Disaster myopia is something that is at play right now’
Gautam Samarth, deputy manager for the M&G Episode Macro strategy, explains how the market is being cavalier about tail risk events.
Barclays Private Bank appoints head of DPM Singapore
Ong Shun Wei joins from Credit Suisse Asset Management and also previously worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
SCB’s head of the chief investment office steps down
Kampon Adireksombat has been with Siam Commercial Bank for just over five years and was promoted to his current position three years ago.
Lombard Odier launches fallen angels strategy in Taiwan
The launch of the strategy follows on the heels of the launch of the Asia Value Bond strategy in Taiwan last year.
Janus Henderson strengthens intermediary sales team
San Lo John’s hire rounds out Janus Henderson’s efforts to grow its intermediary sales team in the region.
US equities: Fidelity versus JP Morgan
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the Fidelity America fund and the JP Morgan US Value fund.
