UBS Investment Bank has taken the contrarian approach of underweighting India and overweighting China.
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.
Franklin Templeton: Ignore the noise on tariffs
The risk of higher tariffs could be mitigated by Trump’s other policy objectives.
First Sentier promotes Apac distribution head to global role
Lauren Prendiville has been appointed global head of distribution and marketing, effective 1 January.
State Street Global Advisors appoints head of Japan
Dohei Echizenya most recently served as director of the client business division in Japan at BlackRock.
‘Take more risk in credit rather than taking risk in rates’: FSA Breakfast Briefing Fixed Income
Panellists at the recent Fund Selector Asia Breakfast Briefing events in Hong Kong and Singapore favoured taking credit risk over duration risk.
Standard Chartered hires head of wealth planning and family advisory for Singapore
Derek Too previously worked at UBS, Societe Generale and HSBC.
‘Nothing has changed and yet everything has changed’: FSA Breakfast Briefing Equities
Panellists at the recent Fund Selector Asia Breakfast Briefing events in Hong Kong and Singapore felt that Trump’s pro-growth policies would outweigh the impact of tariffs.
Invesco signs partnership with multi-family office
Multi-family office Tabono Capital has announced a partnership with Invesco to help serve ultra-high-net-worth clients.
DWS expects 20% plus jump in equities in 2025
The asset manager warned at the same time that negative events could weigh on market sentiment.
AllianzGI appoints CIO for Asia Pacific
Allianz Global Investors has hired Wilfred Sit as equity CIO for Asia Pacific from Hang Seng Investment Management.
