The appointment of Calista Ng comes as Federated Hermes is looking to grow its family office and private wealth management offering in the region.
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.
Partners Group opens Hong Kong office
Henry Chui has been picked to spearhead the new office, Partners Group’s seventh in the region.
BlackRock’s Seth favours the front end of the curve
Neeraj Seth explains why the US fiscal backdrop means he is less favourable towards duration.
Abrdn’s Loh favours double B and triple B segment
Abrdn’s head of Asian credit, Henry Loh, explains why he eschews a strict separation between investment grade and high yield.
Bank of Singapore strengthens Asean and NRI coverage
The bank has hired a new head of one of its teams responsible for southeast Asia as well as two senior relationship managers for the NRI market.
Columbia Threadneedle partners with UBS GWM on Japan equities strategy
The strategy is managed by Daisuke Nomoto and aims to generate alpha from stock selection across the whole market spectrum.
Exclusive: Baillie Gifford gets go-ahead for Singapore office
Baillie Gifford’s David Henderson explains why the growth manager is just getting started in the region as it gets approval for the new office.
Azimut Group hires industry veteran in Singapore
Andrew Ang will be the first member of the institutional and wholesale team at the Italian asset manager to be based in Asia.
Pictet AM appoints team lead for Korea sales
Da Seul Lee will oversee relationships with both institutional and intermediary clients as well as lead business development in Korea.
Fixed Income: Jupiter versus Algebris
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the Jupiter Dynamic Bond fund and the Algebris Global Credit Opportunity fund.
