AllianzGI has hired Anand Gupta to spearhead its India equity mandates, India thematic strategies and related portfolios.
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.
UBS GWM backs quality bonds and tech stocks in 2024
UBS Global Wealth Management predicts both equities and bonds to generate positive returns next year under its base case.
TRP bolsters intermediary distribution team with two hires
Daisy Leung and Claudia Phuah have joined in the Hong Kong and Singapore offices respectively.
Wellington registers three investment funds in Singapore
The three funds are part of the firm’s goal of broadening its Ucits offering geared towards HNWIs and the mass affluent.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity versus Brandywine Global
FSA compares the the Fidelity Global Bond and the Franklin Templeton Brandywine’s Global Opportunistic Fixed Income fund.
Semi-liquid private credit strategies in Asia are feasible: Muzinich
Andrew Tan, Asia Pacific CEO at Muzinich & Co, explains what it would take to launch a standalone semiliquid private credit fund in Asia.
Bonds are back among gatekeepers – PGIM
PGIM Investment’s Gatekeeper Pulse study canvassed the views of 210 Asian and European gatekeepers at large global financial institutions, all of which have assets under management of at least $1bn.
HSBC AM appoints southeast Asia CEO
Pang Qi Lim is a replacement for Patrice Conxicoeur, who is leaving the asset manager.
Franklin Templeton mulls options on China JV
Tariq Ahmad, head of Asia Pacific at Franklin Templeton, said buying out its China partner was one of the options on the table.
Barings appoints head of Korea
John Park has been appointed as sole head of Korea due to the pending retirement of Ike Bae.
