The launch of the strategy follows on the heels of the launch of the Asia Value Bond strategy in Taiwan last year.
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.
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.
Federated Hermes strengthens private wealth team
The appointment of Calista Ng comes as Federated Hermes is looking to grow its family office and private wealth management offering in the region.
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.
