Tikehau Capital also announced the opening of a new office in Hong Kong, its fourth in the region after Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo.
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.
AllianzGI: Stewardship in China is improving
Chris Liu, stewardship analyst at AllianzGI, explains why the lack of a stewardship code hasn’t held back progress in China.
Fidelity jumps to fifth in Broadridge China survey
Fidelity beaks into the top five for the first time in Broadridge’s China Power Ranking, a survey of the top performing asset managers in China.
SCB Julius Baer appoints new CEO
Peerapong Jirasevijinda is a replacement for Lalitphat Toranavikrai, who will remain a member of the board of SCB Julius Baer.
Janus Henderson aims to double AUM in Asia in five years
Andrew Hendry, Asia Pacific CEO at Janus Henderson, explains how the firm has turned the page following the merger in 2017.
AllianzGI gets approval to operate China FMC
AllianzGI is the latest global asset manager to get approval to launch a wholly owned public fund management company in mainland China.
Allspring: ‘the US is detaching itself from the rest of the world’
Henrietta Pacquement, head of the global fixed income team at Allspring Global Investments, explains why diversifying across geographies now makes sense.
Thornburg distributes four funds to HK retail investors
The US-headquartered investment manager’s announcement follows on the heels of the launch of a fund in Taiwan in September last year.
Why this top quintile fund manager is increasing his exposure to Taiwan
Jason Pidcock, investment manager at Jupiter, has been increasing his exposure to Taiwan in recent months following the AI boom.
Federated Hermes strengthens bench in Japan
Kozo Fujioka’s appointment comes after Federated Hermes expanded into Japan to tap pension funds and other financial institutions there.
