Aviva Investors’ head of Asia Pacific, Richard Surrency, explains why expanding in Japan makes sense given the AUM growth there.
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.
Deutsche Bank PB makes series of appointments in Southeast Asia
Ted Lim is the most senior hire among a flurry of appointments in Southeast Asia.
M&G appoints head of Asia Pacific
Amy Cho joins from Schroders, replacing Loretta Ng, who is leaving M&G to pursue other opportunities.
Fund flows in Japan exceed ¥1trn in September – Morningstar
Net flows into Japanese mutual funds exceeded ¥1trn last month for the first time this year, according to Morningstar Direct data.
Capital Group names head of institutional for Asia and Europe client group
Benno Klingenberg-Timm spent more than two decades at UBS Asset Management.
Asia’s stock exchanges outstrip Western peers on disclosure requirements – LGIM
Trista Chen, head of investment stewardship for Asia ex-Japan at LGIM, explains why a combination of carrot and stick works best when it comes to ESG as well.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Columbia Threadneedle versus Invesco
FSA compares the CT European Select fund and the Invesco European Equity fund.
Hong Kong tops rankings globally for DPM
Hong Kong was the most popular market among the six markets surveyed globally by Avaloq for discretionary portfolio management services.
Meet the Apac ex-Japan fund manager with a zero weighting to China
Jupiter’s Jason Pidcock also explains why he has such a large overweight to Australia.
GAM Investments appoints head of distribution for Japan
Takakiyo Iwamoto has joined GAM Investments as head of distribution for Japan, effective 2 October.
