Colvin Lok has been appointed managing director in HSBC Global Private Bank’s ultra-high-net-worth team, based in Hong Kong.
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.
Citi’s Asia investments HNW head joins Prive Technologies
Paul Hodes was most recently Citi’s Asia investments head for high-net-worth investors, Citigold private clients and Citigold.
Exclusive: Federated Hermes plots Hong Kong office in wealth push
The firm’s newly installed head of Apac distribution explains why his three priorities for the region are ‘wealth, wealth, wealth’.
Blue Own Capital hires from Fidelity for head of Asia Pacific private wealth
Johann Santer was previously Fidelity International’s regional lead for wholesale as well as head of private banking for wealth and strategic clients.
Value Partners names China business head
Clare Zhao has been appointed as head of the institutional business for Apac, head of the China business and head of the ETF business.
Julius Baer strengthens Asia Switzerland team
Julius Baer has hired Serena Wong as senior relationship manager, reporting to Christian Cappelli, head of Asia Switzerland.
Fidelity completes fundraising for fourth mutual fund in China
Managed by Lynda Zhou, the fund is an equity income strategy and raised Rmb925m, primarily via Citic Bank and Citic Securities.
Capital Group partners with Deutsche Bank on multi-sector income fund
The partnership will see the Capital Group multi-sector income fund distributed to clients globally, including in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Investec Capital reaches first close on private credit fund
The Emerging India Credit Opportunities Fund II reached first close with commitments in excess of Rp6.5bn.
Capital Group moves overweight European bonds
Damir Bettini, portfolio manager at Capital Group, explains why he favours European investment grade bonds at the moment.
